Challenges simulating the AMOC in climate models

LC Jackson, HT Hewitt, D Bruciaferri… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The latest assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
concluded that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) was very likely to …

An outsized role for the Labrador Sea in the multidecadal variability of the Atlantic overturning circulation

S Yeager, F Castruccio, P Chang, G Danabasoglu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Climate models are essential tools for investigating intrinsic North Atlantic variability related
to variations in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), but recent …

North Atlantic overturning and water mass transformation in CMIP6 models

LC Jackson, T Petit - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Climate models are important tools for investigating how the climate might change in the
future, however recent observations have suggested that these models are unable to …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of low-frequency variability in North Atlantic Ocean heat transport and AMOC

D Oldenburg, RCJ Wills, KC Armour… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Ocean heat transport (OHT) plays a key role in climate and its variability. Here, we identify
modes of low-frequency North Atlantic OHT variability by applying a low-frequency …

On anomalous ocean heat transport toward the Arctic and associated climate predictability

M Årthun, T Eldevik - Journal of Climate, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
A potential for climate predictability is rooted in anomalous ocean heat transport and its
consequent influence on the atmosphere above. Here the propagation, drivers, and …

Role of air–sea fluxes and ocean surface density in the production of deep waters in the eastern subpolar gyre of the North Atlantic

T Petit, MS Lozier, SA Josey, SA Cunningham - Ocean science, 2021 - os.copernicus.org
Wintertime convection in the North Atlantic Ocean is a key component of the global climate
as it produces dense waters at high latitudes that flow equatorward as part of the Atlantic …

The abyssal origins of North Atlantic decadal predictability

S Yeager - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The fundamental mechanisms that explain high subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA) decadal
predictability within a particular modeling framework are described. The focus is on the …

Extreme air–sea interaction over the North Atlantic subpolar gyre during the winter of 2013–2014 and its sub-surface legacy

JP Grist, SA Josey, ZL Jacobs, R Marsh, B Sinha… - Climate dynamics, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Exceptionally low North American temperatures and record-breaking precipitation
over the British Isles during winter 2013–2014 were interconnected by anomalous ocean …

[HTML][HTML] Labrador Sea subsurface density as a precursor of multidecadal variability in the North Atlantic: a multi-model study

P Ortega, JI Robson, M Menary, RT Sutton… - Earth System …, 2021 - esd.copernicus.org
Abstract The subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA) is a region with prominent decadal variability
that has experienced remarkable warming and cooling trends in the last few decades. These …

Resolution dependence of atmosphere–ocean interactions and water mass transformation in the North Atlantic

D Oldenburg, RCJ Wills, KC Armour… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water mass transformation (WMT) in the North Atlantic plays a key role in driving the Atlantic
Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and its variability. Here, we analyze subpolar …