Schlagwort(e):
Meridional overturning circulation.
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Electronic books.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
Seiten:
1 online resource (401 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781118671887
Serie:
Geophysical Monograph Series ; v.173
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1184592
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Section 1. Introduction -- Introduction: The Ocean's Meridional Overturning Circulation -- Discovery and Quantification of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: The Importance of 25°N -- Section 2. Theory and Perspectives -- A Simple Theory of the Pycnocline and Overturning Revisited -- Buoyancy-Driven Flow and Nature of Vertical Mixing in a Zonally Averaged Model -- The Past and Future Ocean Circulation From a Contemporary Perspective -- Section 3. Current State and Trend -- Present-Day Manifestation of the Nordic Seas Overflows -- Circulation and Deep Water Export of the Subpolar North Atlantic During the 1990's -- Strength and Variability of the Deep Limb of the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation From Chlorofluorocarbon Inventories -- Section 4. Decadal to Centennial Variability -- Decadal to Centennial Variability of the Atlantic From Observations and Models -- Decadal to Multidecadal Variability of the Atlantic MOC: Mechanisms and Predictability -- Section 5. Past States and Millennial Variability -- Is the Frequency of Abrupt Climate Change Modulated by the Orbital Insolation? -- 14C Reservoir Ages Show Deglacial Changes in Ocean Currents and Carbon Cycle -- Phasing of Millennial Climate Events and Northeast Atlantic Deep-Water Temperature Change Since 50 ka BP -- Mechanisms for an ~7-kyr Climate and Sea-Level Oscillation During Marine Isotope Stage 3 -- North Atlantic Intermediate Depth Variability During the Younger Dryas: Evidence From Benthic Foraminiferal Mg/Ca and the GFDL R30 Coupled Climate Model -- Section 6. Impact on Climate, Ecosystems, and Biogeochemical Cycles -- Musings About the Connection Between Thermohaline Circulation and Climate.
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Millennial-Scale Interhemispheric Asymmetry of Low-Latitude Precipitation: Speleothem Evidence and Possible High-Latitude Forcing -- Adjustment of the Global Climate to an Abrupt Slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation -- Impact of the Ocean's Overturning Circulation on Atmospheric CO2 -- Antarctic Stratification, Atmospheric Water Vapor, and Heinrich Events: A Hypothesis for Late Pleistocene Deglaciations -- Section 7. Future Projections -- Response of the Meridional Overturning Circulation During Differing Pathways Toward Greenhouse Gas Stabilization -- Projected Strengthening of the Southern Ocean Winds: Some Implications for the Deep Ocean Circulation -- Effect of the Greenland Ice-Sheet Melting on the Response and Stability of the AMOC in the Next Centuries.
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