Interdecadal North-Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability in EC-EARTH

• Published in: Climate Dynamics
• Main Authors: Wouters, B., Drijfhout, D., Hazeleger, W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: decadal variability; gulf-stream; mechanism; model; multidecadal climate variability; ocean-atmosphere gcm; oscillation; sea-surface temperature; thermohaline circulation; transport; Irminger Sea; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/interdecadal-north-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-va; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-012-1366-4

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) in a 600 years pre-industrial run of the newly developed EC-EARTH model features marked interdecadal variability with a dominant time-scale of 50–60 years. An oscillation of approximately 2 Sverdrup (1 Sv = 106 m3 s-1) is identified, which manif...