On the reduced sensitivity of the Atlantic overturning to Greenland ice sheet melting in projections: a multi-model assessment

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 3261-3279

  Swingedouw, Didier ^a   Rodehacke, Christian B ^b,c   Olsen, Steffen M ^b   Menary, Matthew ^d   Gao, Yongqi ^e   Mikolajewicz, Uwe ^c   Mignot, Juliette ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d Hadley Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e Nera Networks AS   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AMOC; Greenland ice sheet melting; North Atlantic; Oceanic dynamics; Oceanic gyre; Ocean atmosphere interactions; Sea level rise; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; GYRE; ICE SHEET; JET STREAM; MELTING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84926352934     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2270-x     Document Type: Article

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