Changes in extreme regional sea surface height due to  an abrupt weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Brunnabend, S.-E.; Dijkstra, H. A.; Kliphuis, M. A.; van Werkhoven, B.; Bal, H. E.; Seinstra, F.; Maassen, J.; van Meersbergen, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-881-2014

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-881-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-881-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

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07 Nov 2014

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Changes in extreme regional sea surface height due to an abrupt weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

S.-E. Brunnabend, H. A. Dijkstra, M. A. Kliphuis, B. van Werkhoven, H. E. Bal, F. Seinstra, J. Maassen, and M. van Meersbergen

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RC C393: 'Review of Brunnabend et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 May 2014
- AC C613: 'Authors response to Referee 2', Sandra-Esther Brunnabend, 23 Jul 2014
SC C397: 'Article review from Anonymous Reviewer #1', B. Sinha, 23 May 2014
- AC C618: 'Response to B. Sinha (Referee 1)', Sandra-Esther Brunnabend, 23 Jul 2014
RC C422: 'review of os-2014-20', bablu sinha, 27 May 2014
EC C591: 'Editor comment', Neil Wells, 11 Jul 2014
- AC C612: 'Authors response to the Editor', Sandra-Esther Brunnabend, 23 Jul 2014

Short summary

Regional sea surface height (SSH) changes due to an abrupt weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) are simulated with a high- and low-resolution model. A rapid decrease of the AMOC in the high-resolution version induces shorter return times of several specific regional and coastal extremes in North Atlantic SSH than in the low-resolution version. This effect is caused by a change in main eddy pathways associated with a change in separation latitude of the Gulf Stream.