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02 Sep 2021
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| 02 Sep 2021
| 02 Sep 2021
Regional imprints of changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the eddy-rich ocean model VIKING20X
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Franziska U. Schwarzkopf
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Klaus Getzlaff
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Siren Rühs
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Torge Martin
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Markus Scheinert
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Tobias Schulzki
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Patricia Handmann
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Rebecca Hummels
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Claus W. Böning
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Cooling-water disinfection at coastal power plants is a known source of atmospheric bromoform. A large source of anthropogenic bromoform is the industrial regions in East Asia. In current bottom-up flux estimates, these anthropogenic emissions are missing, underestimating the global air–sea flux of bromoform. With transport simulations, we show that by including anthropogenic bromoform from cooling-water treatment, the bottom-up flux estimates significantly improve in East and Southeast Asia.
Josefine Herrford, Peter Brandt, Torsten Kanzow, Rebecca Hummels, Moacyr Araujo, and Jonathan V. Durgadoo
Ocean Sci., 17, 265–284, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-265-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-265-2021, 2021
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The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an important component of the climate system. Understanding its structure and variability is a key priority for many scientists. Here, we present the first estimate of AMOC variations for the tropical South Atlantic from the TRACOS array at 11° S. Over the observed period, the AMOC was dominated by seasonal variability. We investigate the respective mechanisms with an ocean model and find that different wind-forced waves play a big role.
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Short summary
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) quantifies the impact of the ocean on climate and climate change. Here we show that a high-resolution ocean model is able to realistically simulate ocean currents. While the mean representation of the AMOC depends on choices made for the model and on the atmospheric forcing, the temporal variability is quite robust. Comparing the ocean model with ocean observations, we able to identify that the AMOC has declined over the past two decades.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) quantifies the impact of the ocean on...
