Representation of Large-Scale Ocean Circulation in the Atlantic and Southern Ocean in Climate Model Simulations and Projected Changes under Increased Warming

• Main Author: Beadling, Rebecca
• Other Authors: Russell, Joellen L., Goodman, Paul J., Stouffer, Ronald J., Cohen, Andrew S., Harig, Christopher T.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Arizona. 2020
• Subjects: Climate Modelling; Oceanography; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Curl; Antarc*; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/641417

The global ocean acts as a mediator of Earth’s climate due to its role in the storage of heat and carbon. Presently, the ocean accounts for the storage of approximately 93% of the anthropogenic heat on our planet and ~27% of the anthropogenic CO2. Two regions in particular, the Southern Ocean and No...