NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE The Stabilization of the Thermohaline Circulation by the Temperature–Precipitation Feedback
The meridional freshwater flux in the atmosphere, and hence the strength of the hydrological cycle, undergoes variations on glacial–interglacial as well as on some shorter timescales. A significant portion of these changes to the hydrological cycle are due to the temperature–precipitation feedback a...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.419.5261 2023-05-15T18:18:18+02:00 NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE The Stabilization of the Thermohaline Circulation by the Temperature–Precipitation Feedback Eli Tziperman Hezi Gildor The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2001 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.419.5261 http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/reprints/Tziperman-Gildor-2002a.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.419.5261 http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/reprints/Tziperman-Gildor-2002a.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/reprints/Tziperman-Gildor-2002a.pdf text 2001 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T03:53:01Z The meridional freshwater flux in the atmosphere, and hence the strength of the hydrological cycle, undergoes variations on glacial–interglacial as well as on some shorter timescales. A significant portion of these changes to the hydrological cycle are due to the temperature–precipitation feedback according to which there is more precipitation over the higher latitudes during warm periods when the moisture holding capacity of the atmosphere is higher. It is proposed here that this feedback may play an important role in determining the stability of the thermohaline circulation (THC). The THC stability to different parameterizations of the meridional atmospheric freshwater flux is therefore investigated using a simple box model of the ocean, atmosphere, and sea ice. It is demonstrated that parameterizations that are consistent with the temperature–precipitation feedback, and hence with the observed variations of the hydrological cycle during glacial–interglacial cycles, stabilize the THC for a wide range of forcing parameters. 1. Text Sea ice Unknown |
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The meridional freshwater flux in the atmosphere, and hence the strength of the hydrological cycle, undergoes variations on glacial–interglacial as well as on some shorter timescales. A significant portion of these changes to the hydrological cycle are due to the temperature–precipitation feedback according to which there is more precipitation over the higher latitudes during warm periods when the moisture holding capacity of the atmosphere is higher. It is proposed here that this feedback may play an important role in determining the stability of the thermohaline circulation (THC). The THC stability to different parameterizations of the meridional atmospheric freshwater flux is therefore investigated using a simple box model of the ocean, atmosphere, and sea ice. It is demonstrated that parameterizations that are consistent with the temperature–precipitation feedback, and hence with the observed variations of the hydrological cycle during glacial–interglacial cycles, stabilize the THC for a wide range of forcing parameters. 1. |
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