Atlantic meridional overturning circulation increases flood risk along the United States southeast coast ...
The system of oceanic flows constituting the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) moves heat and other properties to the subpolar North Atlantic, controlling regional climate, weather, sea levels, and ecosystems. Climate models suggest a potential AMOC slowdown towards the end of the c...
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ftdatacite:10.48577/jpl.vj2doy 2023-12-31T10:20:30+01:00 Atlantic meridional overturning circulation increases flood risk along the United States southeast coast ... Willis, Josh 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.48577/jpl.vj2doy http://dataverse.jpl.nasa.gov/citation?persistentId=doi:10.48577/jpl.VJ2DOY unknown Root Dataset dataset 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48577/jpl.vj2doy 2023-12-01T11:20:02Z The system of oceanic flows constituting the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) moves heat and other properties to the subpolar North Atlantic, controlling regional climate, weather, sea levels, and ecosystems. Climate models suggest a potential AMOC slowdown towards the end of the century due to anthropogenic forcing, which would accelerate coastal sea level rise along the western boundary and dramatically increase coastal flood risk. While the slowdown has not been observed to date, we show here that the AMOC-induced intrinsic changes in gyre-scale heat content, superimposed on the global mean sea level rise, are already influencing the frequency of floods along the United States southeastern seaboard. We find that ocean heat convergence, being the primary driver for interannual sea level changes in the subtropical North Atlantic, has led to an exceptional gyre-scale warming and associated dynamic sea level rise since 2010, accounting for 30-50% of flood days in 2015-2020. ... Dataset North Atlantic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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The system of oceanic flows constituting the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) moves heat and other properties to the subpolar North Atlantic, controlling regional climate, weather, sea levels, and ecosystems. Climate models suggest a potential AMOC slowdown towards the end of the century due to anthropogenic forcing, which would accelerate coastal sea level rise along the western boundary and dramatically increase coastal flood risk. While the slowdown has not been observed to date, we show here that the AMOC-induced intrinsic changes in gyre-scale heat content, superimposed on the global mean sea level rise, are already influencing the frequency of floods along the United States southeastern seaboard. We find that ocean heat convergence, being the primary driver for interannual sea level changes in the subtropical North Atlantic, has led to an exceptional gyre-scale warming and associated dynamic sea level rise since 2010, accounting for 30-50% of flood days in 2015-2020. ... |
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