Latitudinal shift of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation source regions under a warming climate
International audience The strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key indicator of the climate state, is maintained by the subduction of dense water that feeds the deep southwards branch. At present, this subduction occurs almost entirely in the subpolar region, in the Labrad...
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ftunivbrest:oai:HAL:insu-03683064v1 2024-04-21T07:54:34+00:00 Latitudinal shift of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation source regions under a warming climate Lique, Camille Thomas, Matthew D. Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2018 https://insu.hal.science/insu-03683064 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0316-5 en eng HAL CCSD Nature Publishing Group info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41558-018-0316-5 insu-03683064 https://insu.hal.science/insu-03683064 BIBCODE: 2018NatCC.8.1013L doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0316-5 ISSN: 1758-678X EISSN: 1758-6798 Nature Climate Change https://insu.hal.science/insu-03683064 Nature Climate Change, 2018, 8, pp.1013-1020. ⟨10.1038/s41558-018-0316-5⟩ [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2018 ftunivbrest https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0316-5 2024-03-28T00:47:52Z International audience The strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key indicator of the climate state, is maintained by the subduction of dense water that feeds the deep southwards branch. At present, this subduction occurs almost entirely in the subpolar region, in the Labrador, Irminger and Nordic seas; however, whether this will continue under climate change is unknown. Here we use a quantitative Lagrangian diagnostic applied to climate model output to show that, in response to warming, the main source regions of this mixed-layer subduction shift northwards to the Arctic Basin and southwards to the subtropical gyre. These shifts are explained by changes in background stratification, mixed-layer depth and ocean circulation, highlighting the need to consider the full three-dimensionality of the circulation and its changes to accurately predict the future climate state. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Basin Climate change Nordic Seas Université de Bretagne Occidentale: HAL Nature Climate Change 8 11 1013 1020 |
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International audience The strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key indicator of the climate state, is maintained by the subduction of dense water that feeds the deep southwards branch. At present, this subduction occurs almost entirely in the subpolar region, in the Labrador, Irminger and Nordic seas; however, whether this will continue under climate change is unknown. Here we use a quantitative Lagrangian diagnostic applied to climate model output to show that, in response to warming, the main source regions of this mixed-layer subduction shift northwards to the Arctic Basin and southwards to the subtropical gyre. These shifts are explained by changes in background stratification, mixed-layer depth and ocean circulation, highlighting the need to consider the full three-dimensionality of the circulation and its changes to accurately predict the future climate state. |
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Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Latitudinal shift of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation source regions under a warming climate |
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Latitudinal shift of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation source regions under a warming climate |
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Latitudinal shift of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation source regions under a warming climate |
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ISSN: 1758-678X EISSN: 1758-6798 Nature Climate Change https://insu.hal.science/insu-03683064 Nature Climate Change, 2018, 8, pp.1013-1020. ⟨10.1038/s41558-018-0316-5⟩ |
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