Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in a model with an improved North Atlantic Current
Abstract We examine the simulated Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV) in a model that includes a correction for a long‐standing problem with climate models, namely, the misplacement of the North Atlantic Current. The corrected model shows that in the warm AMV phase, heat is lost by the ocean in...
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| description | Abstract We examine the simulated Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV) in a model that includes a correction for a long‐standing problem with climate models, namely, the misplacement of the North Atlantic Current. The corrected model shows that in the warm AMV phase, heat is lost by the ocean in the northwestern part of the basin and gained by the ocean to the east, suggesting an advective transfer of heat by the midlatitude westerlies. The basin‐wide response is consistent with a role for cloud feedback and is in broad agreement with estimates from observations but is poorly represented in the uncorrected model. The corrected model is then used to show that the ocean/atmosphere heat transfer is influenced by low‐frequency variability in the overlying atmosphere. We also argue that changing ocean heat transport is an essential feature of our results. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c65f0e4655ce4996bd836089d85e5d4c2025-08-20T02:31:39ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072016-08-0143158199820610.1002/2016GL069815Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in a model with an improved North Atlantic CurrentAnnika Drews0Richard J. Greatbatch1GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Kiel GermanyGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Kiel GermanyAbstract We examine the simulated Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV) in a model that includes a correction for a long‐standing problem with climate models, namely, the misplacement of the North Atlantic Current. The corrected model shows that in the warm AMV phase, heat is lost by the ocean in the northwestern part of the basin and gained by the ocean to the east, suggesting an advective transfer of heat by the midlatitude westerlies. The basin‐wide response is consistent with a role for cloud feedback and is in broad agreement with estimates from observations but is poorly represented in the uncorrected model. The corrected model is then used to show that the ocean/atmosphere heat transfer is influenced by low‐frequency variability in the overlying atmosphere. We also argue that changing ocean heat transport is an essential feature of our results.https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069815Atlantic multidecadal variabilityNorth Atlantic Currentair‐sea interaction |
| spellingShingle | Annika Drews Richard J. Greatbatch Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in a model with an improved North Atlantic Current Geophysical Research Letters Atlantic multidecadal variability North Atlantic Current air‐sea interaction |
| title | Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in a model with an improved North Atlantic Current |
| title_full | Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in a model with an improved North Atlantic Current |
| title_fullStr | Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in a model with an improved North Atlantic Current |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in a model with an improved North Atlantic Current |
| title_short | Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in a model with an improved North Atlantic Current |
| title_sort | atlantic multidecadal variability in a model with an improved north atlantic current |
| topic | Atlantic multidecadal variability North Atlantic Current air‐sea interaction |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069815 |
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