Impact of the GeoMIP G1 sunshade geoengineering experiment on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
We analyze the multi-earth system model responses of ocean temperatures and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) under an idealized solar radiation management scenario (G1) from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project. All models simulate warming of the northern North Atla...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3250a54d378146b4b0dd0c5d0187d541 2023-09-05T13:17:35+02:00 Impact of the GeoMIP G1 sunshade geoengineering experiment on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation Yu Hong John C Moore Svetlana Jevrejeva Duoying Ji Steven J Phipps Andrew Lenton Simone Tilmes Shingo Watanabe Liyun Zhao 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5fb8 https://doaj.org/article/3250a54d378146b4b0dd0c5d0187d541 EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5fb8 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa5fb8 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/3250a54d378146b4b0dd0c5d0187d541 Environmental Research Letters, Vol 12, Iss 3, p 034009 (2017) ocean temperatures circulation modelling turbulent fluxes Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5fb8 2023-08-13T00:37:37Z We analyze the multi-earth system model responses of ocean temperatures and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) under an idealized solar radiation management scenario (G1) from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project. All models simulate warming of the northern North Atlantic relative to no geoengineering, despite geoengineering substantially offsetting the increases in mean global ocean temperatures. Increases in the temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean at the surface (∼0.25 K) and at a depth of 500 m (∼0.10 K) are mainly due to a 10 Wm ^−2 reduction of total heat flux from ocean to atmosphere. Although the AMOC is slightly reduced under the solar dimming scenario, G1 , relative to piControl , it is about 37% stronger than under abrupt4 × CO _2 . The reduction of the AMOC under G1 is mainly a response to the heat flux change at the northern North Atlantic rather than to changes in the water flux and the wind stress. The AMOC transfers heat from tropics to high latitudes, helping to warm the high latitudes, and its strength is maintained under solar dimming rather than weakened by greenhouse gas forcing acting alone. Hence the relative reduction in high latitude ocean temperatures provided by solar radiation geoengineering, would tend to be counteracted by the correspondingly active AMOC circulation which furthermore transports warm surface waters towards the Greenland ice sheet, warming Arctic sea ice and permafrost. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Ice Ice Sheet North Atlantic permafrost Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Greenland Environmental Research Letters 12 3 034009 |
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We analyze the multi-earth system model responses of ocean temperatures and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) under an idealized solar radiation management scenario (G1) from the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project. All models simulate warming of the northern North Atlantic relative to no geoengineering, despite geoengineering substantially offsetting the increases in mean global ocean temperatures. Increases in the temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean at the surface (∼0.25 K) and at a depth of 500 m (∼0.10 K) are mainly due to a 10 Wm ^−2 reduction of total heat flux from ocean to atmosphere. Although the AMOC is slightly reduced under the solar dimming scenario, G1 , relative to piControl , it is about 37% stronger than under abrupt4 × CO _2 . The reduction of the AMOC under G1 is mainly a response to the heat flux change at the northern North Atlantic rather than to changes in the water flux and the wind stress. The AMOC transfers heat from tropics to high latitudes, helping to warm the high latitudes, and its strength is maintained under solar dimming rather than weakened by greenhouse gas forcing acting alone. Hence the relative reduction in high latitude ocean temperatures provided by solar radiation geoengineering, would tend to be counteracted by the correspondingly active AMOC circulation which furthermore transports warm surface waters towards the Greenland ice sheet, warming Arctic sea ice and permafrost. |
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Yu Hong John C Moore Svetlana Jevrejeva Duoying Ji Steven J Phipps Andrew Lenton Simone Tilmes Shingo Watanabe Liyun Zhao |
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Yu Hong John C Moore Svetlana Jevrejeva Duoying Ji Steven J Phipps Andrew Lenton Simone Tilmes Shingo Watanabe Liyun Zhao |
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Yu Hong |
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Impact of the GeoMIP G1 sunshade geoengineering experiment on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation |
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Impact of the GeoMIP G1 sunshade geoengineering experiment on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation |
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Impact of the GeoMIP G1 sunshade geoengineering experiment on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation |
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Impact of the GeoMIP G1 sunshade geoengineering experiment on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation |
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Impact of the GeoMIP G1 sunshade geoengineering experiment on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation |
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impact of the geomip g1 sunshade geoengineering experiment on the atlantic meridional overturning circulation |
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