Overlooked possibility of a collapsed Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in warming climate
Wei LiuDepartment of Climate, Atmospheric Science and Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USAShang‐Ping XieDepartment of Climate, Atmospheric Science and Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USAZhengyu LiuDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USAJiang ZhuDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
2017en
ABI
Abstract
concentration is abruptly doubled from the 1990 level. Compared to an uncorrected model, the AMOC collapse brings about large, markedly different climate responses: a prominent cooling over the northern North Atlantic and neighboring areas, sea ice increases over the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian seas and to the south of Greenland, and a significant southward rain-belt migration over the tropical Atlantic. Our results highlight the need to develop dynamical metrics to constrain models and the importance of reducing model biases in long-term climate projection.
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