On the stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last deglaciation

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Wei Liu, Zhengyu Liu, Jun Cheng, Haibo Hu]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Climate Dynamics, 44/5-6(2015-03-01), 1257-1275
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Using a generalized stability indicator L, we explore the stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) during the last deglaciation based on a paleoclimate simulation. From the last glacial maximum, as forced by various external climate forcings, notably the meltwater forcing, the AMOC experiences a collapse and a subsequent rapid recovery in the early stage of deglaciation. This change of the AMOC induces an anomalous freshwater divergence and later convergence across the Atlantic and therefore leads to a positive L, suggesting a negative basin-scale salinity advection feedback and, in turn, a mono-stable deglacial AMOC. Further analyses show that most anomalous freshwater is induced by the AMOC via the southern boundary of the Atlantic at 34°S where the freshwater transport (M ovS ) is about equally controlled by the upper branch of the AMOC and the upper ocean salinity along 34°S. From 19 to 17ka, as a result of multiple climate feedbacks associated with the AMOC change, the upper ocean at 34°S is largely salinified, which helps to induce a switch in M ovS , from import to export. Our study has important implications to the deglacial simulations by climate models. A decomposition of L shows that the AMOC stability is mostly determined by two terms, the salinity stratification at 34°S and the change of stratification with the AMOC. Both terms appear positive in model. However, the former is likely to be distorted towards positive, as associated with a common bias existing over the South Atlantic in climate models. Therefore, the AMOC is potentially biased towards mono-stability in most paleoclimate simulations. 
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690 7 |a AMOC  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Stability indicator  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Freshwater transport  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Feedback  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a The last deglaciation  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Liu  |D Wei  |u Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Liu  |D Zhengyu  |u Lab. Climate, Ocean and Atmosphere Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Cheng  |D Jun  |u Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Hu  |D Haibo  |u School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Liu  |D Zhengyu  |u Lab. Climate, Ocean and Atmosphere Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Cheng  |D Jun  |u Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Hu  |D Haibo  |u School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China  |4 aut 
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