Spontaneous abrupt climate change due to an atmospheric blocking-Sea-Ice-Ocean feedback in an unforced climate model simulation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 49, 2013, Pages 19713-19718

  Drijfhout, Sybren ^a,b   Gleeson, Emily ^c   Dijkstra, Henk A ^d   Livina, Valerie ^e  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c National Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory of Ireland Research Foundation   (Ireland)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate modeling; Great Salinity Anomaly; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; ICE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD AIR; COOLING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GREENLAND; HEAT EXCHANGE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MELTING POINT; OCEAN CURRENT; OSCILLATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE;

CLIMATE MODELING; GREAT SALINITY ANOMALY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESH WATER; ICE COVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SALINITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84889683109     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304912110     Document Type: Article

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