Ocean circulation [[electronic resource] ] : mechanisms and impacts : past and future changes of meridional overturning / / Andreas Schmittner, John C.H. Chiang, Sidney R. Hemming, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.46/2
• Soggetto topico: Meridional overturning circulation; Ocean circulation
• Altri autori: ChiangJohn C. H HemmingSidney R SchmittnerAndreas
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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'sStrength 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 CyclePhasing 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 IsotopeStage 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 ; Millennial-Scale Interhemispheric Asymmetry of Low-Latitude Precipitation: Speleothem Evidence and Possible High-Latitude ForcingAdjustment 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 CirculationEffect of the Greenland Ice-Sheet Melting on the Response and Stability of the AMOC in the Next Centuries
• Sommario/riassunto: Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 173.The ocean's meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is a key factor in climate change. The Atlantic MOC, in particular, is believed to play an active role in the regional and global climate variability. It is associated with the recent debate on rapid climate change, the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation (AMO), global warming, and Atlantic hurricanes. This is the first book to deal with all aspects of the ocean's large-scale meridional overturning circulation, and is a coh
• Titolo autorizzato: Ocean circulation
• ISBN: 1-118-67188-0; 1-118-66624-0; 1-118-67251-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996213956603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Geophysical monograph ; ; 173.