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How to run a minimalist's global ocean conveyor
Author(s) -
Seidov Dan,
Haupt Bernd J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2005gl022559
Subject(s) - thermohaline circulation , oceanography , shutdown of thermohaline circulation , northern hemisphere , ocean current , climatology , ocean observations , geology , physical oceanography , southern hemisphere , circulation (fluid dynamics) , ocean heat content , salinity , north atlantic deep water , physics , thermodynamics
The current paradigm of modern climatology and oceanography is that the thermohaline ocean circulation comprises a so‐called global ocean “salinity conveyor belt” – a system of currents connecting the northern North Atlantic and northern North Pacific. A hypothesis is put forth here that a slight disparity in freshwater redistribution between the oceans in the Northern Hemisphere is sufficient to build up and maintain a global conveyor‐type ocean thermohaline circulation.