Abstract: heoretical arguments are developed to derive general properties of the ocean circulation in a ?snowball? world, and the predictions are confirmed in a series of idealized numerical simulations. As suggested previously, a ...

Abstract: Statistical analysis of observations (including atmospheric reanalysis and forced ocean model simulations) is used to address two questions: First, does an analogous mechanism to that of El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) ...

Abstract: he deep-ocean circulation and stratification have likely undergone major changes during past climates, which may have played an important role in the modulation of atmospheric CO2 concentrations. The mechanisms by which ...

Abstract: A toy model for the deep ocean overturning circulation in multiple basins is presented and applied to study the role of buoyancy forcing and basin geometry in the ocean’s global overturning. The model reproduces the results ...

Abstract: AbstractChanges in deep-ocean circulation and stratification have been argued to contribute to climatic shifts between glacial and interglacial climates by affecting the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. It has ...

Abstract: AbstractA simple model for the deep-ocean overturning circulation is presented and applied to study the ocean?s response to a sudden surface warming. The model combines one-dimensional predictive residual advection?diffusion ...

Abstract: AbstractMuch of the existing theory for the ocean?s overturning circulation considers steady-state equilibrium solutions. However, Earth?s climate is not in a steady state, and a better understanding of the ocean?s ...