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Stochastic models of the meridional overturning circulation: time scales and patterns of variability

Author(s) -

Adam H. Monahan,

Julie Alexander,

Andrew J. Weaver

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

philosophical transactions of the royal society a mathematical physical and engineering sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1471-2962

pISSN - 1364-503X

DOI - 10.1098/rsta.2008.0045

Subject(s) - climatology , forcing (mathematics) , meridional flow , range (aeronautics) , thermohaline circulation , stochastic modelling , geology , environmental science , general circulation model , zonal and meridional , circulation (fluid dynamics) , climate change , atmospheric sciences , mathematics , physics , oceanography , mechanics , statistics , materials science , composite material

The global meridional overturning circulation (MOC) varies over a wide range of space and time scales in response to fluctuating 'weather' perturbations that may be modelled as stochastic forcing. This study reviews model studies of the effects of climate noise on decadal to centennial MOC variability, on transitions between the MOC regimes and on the dynamics of Dansgaard-Oeschger events characteristic of glacial periods.

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