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Results from simulations with the coarse-resolution version of MPI-ESM performed by the RETRO team at DKRZ. The left side shows a normal (prograde) rotating earth. The right side shows a backwards (retrograde) rotating earth. The simulations are forced with pre-industrial boundary conditions. For th...

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Main Authors: Röber, Niklas, Mikolajewicz, Uwe, Ziemen, Florian, Cioni, Guido, Claussen, Martin, Fraedrich, Klaus, Heidkamp, Marvin, Hohenegger, Cathy, Jimenez De La Cuesta, Guido, Kapsch, Marie-Luise, Lemburg, Alexander, Mauritsen, Thorsten, Meraner, Katharina, Schmidt, Hauke, Six, Katharina D., Stemmler, Irene, Tamarin-Brodsky, Tali, Winkler, Alexander, Zhu, Xiuhua, Stevens, Bjorn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Climate
Retrograde rotation
Thought experiment
Climate modeling
MPI-ESM
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Pacific
Antarc*
Nordic Seas
North Atlantic
Sea ice
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5446/36557
https://av.tib.eu/media/36557
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Summary:Results from simulations with the coarse-resolution version of MPI-ESM performed by the RETRO team at DKRZ. The left side shows a normal (prograde) rotating earth. The right side shows a backwards (retrograde) rotating earth. The simulations are forced with pre-industrial boundary conditions. For the full description see the Earth System Dynamics manuscript "The climate of a retrograde rotating earth". In the retrograde simulation (right), much more sea ice is formed in the North Atlantic and the Nordic Seas. This is related to a shift of the deep water formation into the Pacific and drastically reduced ocean heat transports in the North Atlantic. The west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula sees a drastic increase in sea ice.

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