Simulated resumption of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation – Slow basin-wide advection and abrupt local convection

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Renold, Manuel, Raible, Christoph C., Yoshimori, Masakazu, Stocker, Thomas F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon 2010
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Basin; Dansgaard-Oeschger events; Iceland; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/4625/1/renold10qsr.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/4625/

The resumption process of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is investigated in a series of freshwater hosing experiments using a comprehensive coupled climate model. Four different freshwater perturbations are applied to the North Atlantic between 50°N and 70°N leading to a...