scholarly journals Dansgaard-Oeschger forcing of sea surface temperature variability in the midlatitude North Atlantic between 500 and 400 ka (MIS 12)

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1024-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. A. Naafs ◽  
J. Hefter ◽  
R. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Temperature Variability ◽  
Sea Surface

scholarly journals North Pacific and North Atlantic sea-surface temperature variability during the Holocene

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (20-22) ◽  
pp. 2141-2154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Hyun Kim ◽  
Norel Rimbu ◽  
Stephan J. Lorenz ◽  
Gerrit Lohmann ◽  
Seung-Il Nam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Pacific ◽  
Temperature Variability ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
The Holocene

scholarly journals An Investigation of the Ocean’s Role in Atlantic Multidecadal Variability

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 3019-3035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laifang Li ◽  
M. Susan Lozier ◽  
Martha W. Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Mixed Layer Depth ◽  
Temperature Variability ◽  
Ocean Dynamics ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Atlantic Multidecadal Variability ◽  
Multidecadal Variability ◽  
Idealized Model

AbstractA mechanistic understanding of the Atlantic multidecadal variability (AMV) is highly desirable since it will considerably aid regional and global climate predictions. Although ocean dynamics have long been invoked to explain the AMV, recent studies have cast doubt on its influence. Here we evaluate the necessity of ocean dynamics for the AMV using an observationally based idealized model that isolates the contribution of atmospheric forcing to the AMV. By demonstrating that this model underestimates the magnitude of the observed sea surface temperature variability in the extratropical North Atlantic, we infer that ocean dynamics contribute significantly to the AMV in this region. This inference holds when we add anthropogenic aerosol forcing and the effects of mixed layer depth variability to the idealized model. Thus, our study suggests that ocean heat transport convergence is needed to explain sea surface temperature variability in the extratropical North Atlantic. Sustained ocean observing systems in the this region will help untangle the physical mechanisms involved.

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