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Cheng et al. 2011

Cheng, J., Z. Liu, F. He, B.L. Otto-Bliesner, and C. Colose, 2011: Impact of North Atlantic — GIN Sea exchange on deglaciation evolution of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Clim. Past, 7, 935-940, doi:10.5194/cp-7-935-2011.

In a transient simulation of the last deglaciation with a fully coupled model (TraCE-21000), an overshoot of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is simulated and proposed as a key factor for the onset of the Bølling-Allerød (BA) warming event. There is collaborating evidence for an AMOC overshoot at the BA in various proxy reconstructions although the mechanism governing its behavior is not well understood. Here, we present two new sensitivity experiments to explicitly illustrate the impact of North Atlantic — GIN Sea exchange on the AMOC's deglacial evolution. Results show that this oceanic exchange dominates the convection restarting in the GIN Sea, the occurrence of the AMOC overshoot, and the full BA warming.

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@article{ch09110p,
  author={Cheng, J. and Liu, Z. and He, F. and Otto-Bliesner, B. L. and Colose, C.},
  title={Impact of North Atlantic — GIN Sea exchange on deglaciation evolution of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation},
  year={2011},
  journal={Climate of the Past},
  volume={7},
  pages={935--940},
  doi={10.5194/cp-7-935-2011},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - ch09110p
AU  - Cheng, J.
AU  - Liu, Z.
AU  - He, F.
AU  - Otto-Bliesner, B. L.
AU  - Colose, C.
PY  - 2011
TI  - Impact of North Atlantic — GIN Sea exchange on deglaciation evolution of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
JA  - Clim. Past
JO  - Climate of the Past
VL  - 7
SP  - 935
EP  - 940
DO  - 10.5194/cp-7-935-2011
ER  -

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