The impacts of the Indonesian Throughflow on the inter‐basin seesaw mechanism, in idealized experiments
ABSTRACT The role that the Indonesian Throughflow plays on climate is investigated in an alternative scenario, expected during glacial ages. The equatorwards shift of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies found in glacial ages acts to decrease the Agulhas Leakage (AL) and the thermohaline circulation (...
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crwiley:10.1002/joc.5424 2024-06-02T08:10:30+00:00 The impacts of the Indonesian Throughflow on the inter‐basin seesaw mechanism, in idealized experiments Santis, Wlademir Aímola, Luis Castellanos, Paola Campos, Edmo J. D. Brazilian National Council of Scientific and Technologic Development (CNPq) Vale Institute of Technology (ITV) São Paulo State Foundation for Research Support (FAPESP) Spanish government 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.5424 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjoc.5424 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/joc.5424 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor International Journal of Climatology volume 38, issue S1 ISSN 0899-8418 1097-0088 journal-article 2018 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5424 2024-05-03T12:04:36Z ABSTRACT The role that the Indonesian Throughflow plays on climate is investigated in an alternative scenario, expected during glacial ages. The equatorwards shift of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies found in glacial ages acts to decrease the Agulhas Leakage (AL) and the thermohaline circulation (THC) in the Atlantic. Recent results suggest that these changes are followed by an increased THC in the Pacific, through an inter‐basin seesaw mechanism. The enhanced circulation in the Pacific demands thermocline water to cross the equator towards northern latitudes, which shifts the water source of the throughflow from the low‐salinity North Pacific to the relative saltier South Pacific. It is shown that in this equilibrium, the salinity anomalies of the throughflow impact the inter‐basin seesaw towards the restoration of the modern climate, enhancing the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation and decreasing the THC in the Pacific. These results are consistent with paleo‐observations and provide new insights to interpreting the climate changes in glacial periods. Article in Journal/Newspaper NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic Wiley Online Library Pacific International Journal of Climatology 38 S1 |
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ABSTRACT The role that the Indonesian Throughflow plays on climate is investigated in an alternative scenario, expected during glacial ages. The equatorwards shift of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies found in glacial ages acts to decrease the Agulhas Leakage (AL) and the thermohaline circulation (THC) in the Atlantic. Recent results suggest that these changes are followed by an increased THC in the Pacific, through an inter‐basin seesaw mechanism. The enhanced circulation in the Pacific demands thermocline water to cross the equator towards northern latitudes, which shifts the water source of the throughflow from the low‐salinity North Pacific to the relative saltier South Pacific. It is shown that in this equilibrium, the salinity anomalies of the throughflow impact the inter‐basin seesaw towards the restoration of the modern climate, enhancing the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation and decreasing the THC in the Pacific. These results are consistent with paleo‐observations and provide new insights to interpreting the climate changes in glacial periods. |
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Brazilian National Council of Scientific and Technologic Development (CNPq) Vale Institute of Technology (ITV) São Paulo State Foundation for Research Support (FAPESP) Spanish government |
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Santis, Wlademir Aímola, Luis Castellanos, Paola Campos, Edmo J. D. The impacts of the Indonesian Throughflow on the inter‐basin seesaw mechanism, in idealized experiments |
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The impacts of the Indonesian Throughflow on the inter‐basin seesaw mechanism, in idealized experiments |
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The impacts of the Indonesian Throughflow on the inter‐basin seesaw mechanism, in idealized experiments |
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The impacts of the Indonesian Throughflow on the inter‐basin seesaw mechanism, in idealized experiments |
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The impacts of the Indonesian Throughflow on the inter‐basin seesaw mechanism, in idealized experiments |
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