Increased ocean heat transports and warmer climate
The impact of an increased ocean heat transport on climate is investigated in the framework of the GISS GMC model described by Hansen et al. (1983), using two scenarios: one starting from warmer polar temperatures/no sea ice and the other from the current ocean conditions. A 20-percent increase in c...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19910050237 2023-05-15T18:17:32+02:00 Increased ocean heat transports and warmer climate Rind, D. Chandler, M. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Apr 20, 1991 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19910050237 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19910050237 Accession ID: 91A34860 Copyright Other Sources 47 Journal of Geophysical Research; 96; 7437-746 1991 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T19:00:55Z The impact of an increased ocean heat transport on climate is investigated in the framework of the GISS GMC model described by Hansen et al. (1983), using two scenarios: one starting from warmer polar temperatures/no sea ice and the other from the current ocean conditions. A 20-percent increase in cross-equatorial heat transport was sufficient to melt all sea ice; it resulted in a climate that was 2 C warmer for the global average, with values some 20-deg warmer at high altitudes and 1-deg warmer near the equator. It is suggested that the hydrological and dynamical changes associated with this different climate regime may be self-sustaining and, as such, would account for the high-latitude warmth of climates in the Mesozoic and Tertiary periods and the decadenal-scale climate fluctuations during the Holocene. Other/Unknown Material Sea ice NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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The impact of an increased ocean heat transport on climate is investigated in the framework of the GISS GMC model described by Hansen et al. (1983), using two scenarios: one starting from warmer polar temperatures/no sea ice and the other from the current ocean conditions. A 20-percent increase in cross-equatorial heat transport was sufficient to melt all sea ice; it resulted in a climate that was 2 C warmer for the global average, with values some 20-deg warmer at high altitudes and 1-deg warmer near the equator. It is suggested that the hydrological and dynamical changes associated with this different climate regime may be self-sustaining and, as such, would account for the high-latitude warmth of climates in the Mesozoic and Tertiary periods and the decadenal-scale climate fluctuations during the Holocene. |
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Increased ocean heat transports and warmer climate |
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Increased ocean heat transports and warmer climate |
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Increased ocean heat transports and warmer climate |
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Increased ocean heat transports and warmer climate |
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