Open AccessThermohaline circulations and global climate change. Final report
Author(s) -
Howard P. Hanson
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/399687
Subject(s) - thermohaline circulation , climatology , environmental science , atmosphere (unit) , climate change , abrupt climate change , general circulation model , climate model , forcing (mathematics) , ocean current , oceanography , effects of global warming , global warming , meteorology , geology , geography
This report discusses results from the project entitled Thermohaline Circulations and Global Climate Change. Results are discussed in three sections related to the development of the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM), surface forcing of the ocean by the atmosphere, and experiments with the MICOM related to the problem of the ocean`s response to global climate change. It will require the use of a global, coupled ocean-atmospheric climate model to quantify the feedbacks between ocean and atmosphere associated with climate changes. The results presented here do provide guidance for such studies in the future