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contributor authorRussell, Joellen L.
contributor authorDixon, Keith W.
contributor authorGnanadesikan, Anand
contributor authorStouffer, Ronald J.
contributor authorToggweiler, J. R.
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:02:40Z
date available2017-06-09T17:02:40Z
date copyright2006/12/01
date issued2006
identifier issn0894-8755
identifier otherams-78447.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4221117
description abstractA coupled climate model with poleward-intensified westerly winds simulates significantly higher storage of heat and anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the Southern Ocean in the future when compared with the storage in a model with initially weaker, equatorward-biased westerlies. This difference results from the larger outcrop area of the dense waters around Antarctica and more vigorous divergence, which remains robust even as rising atmospheric greenhouse gas levels induce warming that reduces the density of surface waters in the Southern Ocean. These results imply that the impact of warming on the stratification of the global ocean may be reduced by the poleward intensification of the westerlies, allowing the ocean to remove additional heat and anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleThe Southern Hemisphere Westerlies in a Warming World: Propping Open the Door to the Deep Ocean
typeJournal Paper
journal volume19
journal issue24
journal titleJournal of Climate
identifier doi10.1175/JCLI3984.1
journal fristpage6382
journal lastpage6390
treeJournal of Climate:;2006:;volume( 019 ):;issue: 024
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