The Effect of Indian Ocean Surface Freshwater Flux Biases On the Multi-Stable Regime of the AMOC
It is known that global climate models (GCMs) have substantial biases in the surface freshwater flux. Using numerical bifurcation analyses on a global ocean model, we study here the effect of freshwater flux biases over the Indian Ocean on the multiple equilibrium regime of the Atlantic Meridional O...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6e619c03f9714f92abda745cd08953d9 2024-09-15T18:21:39+00:00 The Effect of Indian Ocean Surface Freshwater Flux Biases On the Multi-Stable Regime of the AMOC Henk A. Dijkstra René M. van Westen 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.16993/tellusa.3246 https://doaj.org/article/6e619c03f9714f92abda745cd08953d9 EN eng Stockholm University Press https://account.a.tellusjournals.se/index.php/su-j-tadmo/article/view/3246 https://doaj.org/toc/1600-0870 1600-0870 doi:10.16993/tellusa.3246 https://doaj.org/article/6e619c03f9714f92abda745cd08953d9 Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, Vol 76, Iss 1, Pp 90–100-90–100 (2024) atlantic ocean circulation freshwater flux biases bifurcation analysis Oceanography GC1-1581 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.16993/tellusa.3246 2024-08-05T17:49:12Z It is known that global climate models (GCMs) have substantial biases in the surface freshwater flux. Using numerical bifurcation analyses on a global ocean model, we study here the effect of freshwater flux biases over the Indian Ocean on the multiple equilibrium regime of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). We find that a (positive) freshwater flux bias over the Indian Ocean shifts the multiple equilibrium regime to larger values of North Atlantic freshwater input but hardly affects the associated hysteresis width. The magnitude of this shift depends on the way the anomalous North Atlantic freshwater flux is compensated. The changes in bifurcation diagrams can be explained from the overall freshwater balance over the Atlantic basin. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 76 1 90 100 |
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It is known that global climate models (GCMs) have substantial biases in the surface freshwater flux. Using numerical bifurcation analyses on a global ocean model, we study here the effect of freshwater flux biases over the Indian Ocean on the multiple equilibrium regime of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). We find that a (positive) freshwater flux bias over the Indian Ocean shifts the multiple equilibrium regime to larger values of North Atlantic freshwater input but hardly affects the associated hysteresis width. The magnitude of this shift depends on the way the anomalous North Atlantic freshwater flux is compensated. The changes in bifurcation diagrams can be explained from the overall freshwater balance over the Atlantic basin. |
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The Effect of Indian Ocean Surface Freshwater Flux Biases On the Multi-Stable Regime of the AMOC |
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The Effect of Indian Ocean Surface Freshwater Flux Biases On the Multi-Stable Regime of the AMOC |
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The Effect of Indian Ocean Surface Freshwater Flux Biases On the Multi-Stable Regime of the AMOC |
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