Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2
pIn the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2), coupled climate models have been used to simulate an interglacial climate during the mid-Piacenzian warm period (mPWP; 3.264 to 3.025 span classCombining double low line"inline-formula"Ma/span). Here, we compare the Atlanti...
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ftunivutrecht:oai:dspace.library.uu.nl:1874/411474 2023-12-10T09:51:14+01:00 Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2 Zhang, Zhongshi Li, Xiangyu Guo, Chuncheng Otterå, Odd Helge Nisancioglu, Kerim Tan, Ning Contoux, Camille Ramstein, Gilles Feng, Ran Otto-Bliesner, Bette Brady, Esther Chandan, Deepak Peltier, W. Richard Baatsen, Michiel von der Heydt, Anna Weiffenbach, Julia Stepanek, Christian Lohmann, Gerrit Zhang, Qiong Li, Qiang Chandler, Mark Sohl, Linda Haywood, Alan Hunter, Stephen Tindall, Julia Williams, Charles Lunt, Daniel Chan, Wing-Le Abe-Ouchi, Ayako Marine and Atmospheric Research Sub Dynamics Meteorology Sub Physical Oceanography 2021-02-25 application/pdf https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/411474 eng eng https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/411474 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess 2021 ftunivutrecht 2023-11-15T23:16:07Z pIn the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2), coupled climate models have been used to simulate an interglacial climate during the mid-Piacenzian warm period (mPWP; 3.264 to 3.025 span classCombining double low line"inline-formula"Ma/span). Here, we compare the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), poleward ocean heat transport and sea surface warming in the Atlantic simulated with these models. In PlioMIP2, all models simulate an intensified mid-Pliocene AMOC. However, there is no consistent response in the simulated Atlantic ocean heat transport nor in the depth of the Atlantic overturning cell. The models show a large spread in the simulated AMOC maximum, the Atlantic ocean heat transport and the surface warming in the North Atlantic. Although a few models simulate a surface warming of span classCombining double low line"inline-formula"g1/4/span 8-12 span classCombining double low line"inline-formula"g C/span in the North Atlantic, similar to the reconstruction from Pliocene Research, Interpretation and Synoptic Mapping (PRISM) version 4,span idCombining double low line"page530"/ most models appear to underestimate this warming. The large model spread and model-data discrepancies in the PlioMIP2 ensemble do not support the hypothesis that an intensification of the AMOC, together with an increase in northward ocean heat transport, is the dominant mechanism for the mid-Pliocene warm climate over the North Atlantic./p. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic Utrecht University Repository |
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pIn the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2), coupled climate models have been used to simulate an interglacial climate during the mid-Piacenzian warm period (mPWP; 3.264 to 3.025 span classCombining double low line"inline-formula"Ma/span). Here, we compare the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), poleward ocean heat transport and sea surface warming in the Atlantic simulated with these models. In PlioMIP2, all models simulate an intensified mid-Pliocene AMOC. However, there is no consistent response in the simulated Atlantic ocean heat transport nor in the depth of the Atlantic overturning cell. The models show a large spread in the simulated AMOC maximum, the Atlantic ocean heat transport and the surface warming in the North Atlantic. Although a few models simulate a surface warming of span classCombining double low line"inline-formula"g1/4/span 8-12 span classCombining double low line"inline-formula"g C/span in the North Atlantic, similar to the reconstruction from Pliocene Research, Interpretation and Synoptic Mapping (PRISM) version 4,span idCombining double low line"page530"/ most models appear to underestimate this warming. The large model spread and model-data discrepancies in the PlioMIP2 ensemble do not support the hypothesis that an intensification of the AMOC, together with an increase in northward ocean heat transport, is the dominant mechanism for the mid-Pliocene warm climate over the North Atlantic./p. |
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Zhang, Zhongshi Li, Xiangyu Guo, Chuncheng Otterå, Odd Helge Nisancioglu, Kerim Tan, Ning Contoux, Camille Ramstein, Gilles Feng, Ran Otto-Bliesner, Bette Brady, Esther Chandan, Deepak Peltier, W. Richard Baatsen, Michiel von der Heydt, Anna Weiffenbach, Julia Stepanek, Christian Lohmann, Gerrit Zhang, Qiong Li, Qiang Chandler, Mark Sohl, Linda Haywood, Alan Hunter, Stephen Tindall, Julia Williams, Charles Lunt, Daniel Chan, Wing-Le Abe-Ouchi, Ayako |
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Zhang, Zhongshi Li, Xiangyu Guo, Chuncheng Otterå, Odd Helge Nisancioglu, Kerim Tan, Ning Contoux, Camille Ramstein, Gilles Feng, Ran Otto-Bliesner, Bette Brady, Esther Chandan, Deepak Peltier, W. Richard Baatsen, Michiel von der Heydt, Anna Weiffenbach, Julia Stepanek, Christian Lohmann, Gerrit Zhang, Qiong Li, Qiang Chandler, Mark Sohl, Linda Haywood, Alan Hunter, Stephen Tindall, Julia Williams, Charles Lunt, Daniel Chan, Wing-Le Abe-Ouchi, Ayako Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2 |
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Zhang, Zhongshi Li, Xiangyu Guo, Chuncheng Otterå, Odd Helge Nisancioglu, Kerim Tan, Ning Contoux, Camille Ramstein, Gilles Feng, Ran Otto-Bliesner, Bette Brady, Esther Chandan, Deepak Peltier, W. Richard Baatsen, Michiel von der Heydt, Anna Weiffenbach, Julia Stepanek, Christian Lohmann, Gerrit Zhang, Qiong Li, Qiang Chandler, Mark Sohl, Linda Haywood, Alan Hunter, Stephen Tindall, Julia Williams, Charles Lunt, Daniel Chan, Wing-Le Abe-Ouchi, Ayako |
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Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2 |
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Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2 |
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Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2 |
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Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2 |
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Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2 |
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mid-pliocene atlantic meridional overturning circulation simulated in pliomip2 |
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