Ocean Circulation : Mechanisms and Impacts -- Past and Future Changes of Meridional Overturning.

Ocean Circulation : Mechanisms and Impacts -- Past and Future Changes of Meridional Overturning.

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series. The ocean's meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is a key factor in climate change. The Atlantic MOC, in particular, is believed to play an active role in the regional and global climate variability. It...

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Main Author: Schmittner, Andreas
Other Authors: Chiang, John C. H., Hemming, Sidney R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Wiley, 2013.
Series:Geophysical monograph ; 173.
Subjects:
Meridional overturning circulation.
Ocean circulation.
Meridional overturning circulation
Ocean circulation
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Contents; Preface; Section 1. Introduction; Introduction: The Ocean's Meridional Overturning Circulation; Discovery and Quantification of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: The Importance of 25°N; Section 2. Theory and Perspectives; A Simple Theory of the Pycnocline and Overturning Revisited; Buoyancy-Driven Flow and Nature of Vertical Mixing in a Zonally Averaged Model; The Past and Future Ocean Circulation From a Contemporary Perspective; Section 3. Current State and Trend; Present-Day Manifestation of the Nordic Seas Overflows
  • Circulation and Deep Water Export of the Subpolar North Atlantic During the 1990'sStrength and Variability of the Deep Limb of the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation From Chlorofluorocarbon Inventories; Section 4. Decadal to Centennial Variability; Decadal to Centennial Variability of the Atlantic From Observations and Models; Decadal to Multidecadal Variability of the Atlantic MOC: Mechanisms and Predictability; Section 5. Past States and Millennial Variability; Is the Frequency of Abrupt Climate Change Modulated by the Orbital Insolation?
  • 14C Reservoir Ages Show Deglacial Changes in Ocean Currents and Carbon CyclePhasing of Millennial Climate Events and Northeast Atlantic Deep-Water Temperature Change Since 50 ka BP; Mechanisms for an ~7-kyr Climate and Sea-Level Oscillation During Marine IsotopeStage 3; North Atlantic Intermediate Depth Variability During the Younger Dryas: Evidence From Benthic Foraminiferal Mg/Ca and the GFDL R30 Coupled Climate Model; Section 6. Impact on Climate, Ecosystems, and Biogeochemical Cycles; Musings About the Connection Between Thermohaline Circulation and Climate
  • Millennial-Scale Interhemispheric Asymmetry of Low-Latitude Precipitation: Speleothem Evidence and Possible High-Latitude ForcingAdjustment of the Global Climate to an Abrupt Slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Impact of the Ocean's Overturning Circulation on Atmospheric CO2; Antarctic Stratification, Atmospheric Water Vapor, and Heinrich Events: A Hypothesis for Late Pleistocene Deglaciations; Section 7. Future Projections; Response of the Meridional Overturning Circulation During Differing Pathways Toward Greenhouse Gas Stabilization

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