CMIP5 Model Intercomparison of Freshwater Budget and Circulation in the North Atlantic

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Main Authors: Deshayes, Julie, Curry, Ruth, Msadek, Rym
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 2014
• Subjects: Atmosphere-ocean interaction; Freshwater; Climate models; Model comparison; Climate variability; North Atlantic Oscillation; Curl; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00199/31024/29429.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00700.1; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00199/31024/

The subpolar North Atlantic is a center of variability of ocean properties, wind stress curl, and air-sea exchanges. Observations and hindcast simulations suggest that from the early 1970s to the mid-1990s the subpolar gyre became fresher while the gyre and meridional circulations intensified. This...