The evolution of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation since 1980

LC Jackson, A Biastoch, MW Buckley… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a key component of the
climate through its transport of heat in the North Atlantic Ocean. Decadal changes in the …

Resolving and parameterising the ocean mesoscale in earth system models

HT Hewitt, M Roberts, P Mathiot, A Biastoch… - Current Climate Change …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Assessment of the impact of ocean resolution in Earth System
models on the mean state, variability, and future projections and discussion of prospects for …

The Copernicus global 1/12 oceanic and sea ice GLORYS12 reanalysis

L Jean-Michel, G Eric, BB Romain, G Gilles… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
GLORYS12 is a global eddy-resolving physical ocean and sea ice reanalysis at 1/12°
horizontal resolution covering the 1993-present altimetry period, designed and implemented …

An unprecedented set of high‐resolution earth system simulations for understanding multiscale interactions in climate variability and change

P Chang, S Zhang, G Danabasoglu… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present an unprecedented set of high‐resolution climate simulations, consisting of a 500‐
year pre‐industrial control simulation and a 250‐year historical and future climate simulation …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)

H Tsujino, LS Urakawa, SM Griffies… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
We present a new framework for global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on phase 2
of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP-2), making use of the surface dataset …

Doubling of surface oceanic meridional heat transport by non-symmetry of mesoscale eddies

H Wang, B Qiu, H Liu, Z Zhang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Oceanic transport of heat by ubiquitous mesoscale eddies plays a critical role in regulating
climate variability and redistributing excess heat absorbed by ocean under global warming …

The small scales of the ocean may hold the key to surprises

H Hewitt, B Fox-Kemper, B Pearson, M Roberts… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Sharp fronts and eddies that are ubiquitous in the world ocean, as well as features such as
shelf seas and under-ice-shelf cavities, are not captured in climate projections. Such small …

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 …

The impact of fine-scale currents on biogeochemical cycles in a changing ocean

M Lévy, D Couespel, C Haëck… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Fine-scale currents, O (1–100 km, days–months), are actively involved in the transport and
transformation of biogeochemical tracers in the ocean. However, their overall impact on …

The mixed-layer depth in the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP): impact of resolving mesoscale eddies

AM Treguier, C de Boyer Montégut… - Geoscientific Model …, 2023 - gmd.copernicus.org
The ocean mixed layer is the interface between the ocean interior and the atmosphere or
sea ice and plays a key role in climate variability. It is thus critical that numerical models …