Glacial mode shift of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation by warming over the Southern Ocean

Akira Oka; Ayako Abe-Ouchi; Sam Sherriff-Tadano; Yusuke Yokoyama; Kenji Kawamura; Hiroyasu Hasumi

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00226-3

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2021)

Glacial mode shift of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation by warming over the Southern Ocean

Akira Oka,
Ayako Abe-Ouchi,
Sam Sherriff-Tadano,
Yusuke Yokoyama,
Kenji Kawamura,
Hiroyasu Hasumi

Affiliations

Akira Oka: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Ayako Abe-Ouchi: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Sam Sherriff-Tadano: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Yusuke Yokoyama: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Kenji Kawamura: National Institute of Polar Research
Hiroyasu Hasumi: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00226-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Abrupt northern hemisphere warming caused by strengthening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation may have been triggered by warming over the Southern Ocean, according to numerical simulations with a sea-ice coupled ocean general circulation model.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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