Abstract: Several extensions of energy balance models (EBMs) are explored in which (i) sea ice acts to insulate the atmosphere from the ocean and (ii) ocean heat transport is allowed to have some meridional structure controlled by ...

Abstract: he authors study the role of ocean heat transport (OHT) in the maintenance of a warm, equable, ice-free climate. An ensemble of idealized aquaplanet GCM calculations is used to assess the equilibrium sensitivity of global ...

Abstract: AbstractThe climatic impact of ocean heat transport (OHT) is studied in a series of idealized aquaplanet climate model experiments. OHT is prescribed through a simple geometrical formula spanning a wide variety of amplitudes ...

Abstract: he coupled climate dynamics underlying large, rapid, and potentially irreversible changes in ice cover are studied. A global atmosphere?ocean?sea ice general circulation model with idealized aquaplanet geometry is forced ...