Freshwater teleconnections and ocean thermohaline circulation

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Mar 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30f..62s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 6, pp. 62-1, CiteID 1329, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016564

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Global Change: Water Cycles (1836), Oceanography: Physical: Currents, Oceanography: General: Numerical Modeling

Scientific paper

Asymmetry of the Atlantic and Pacific sea surface salinity (SSS) is recognized as an important element of the global ocean thermohaline circulation. However, a threshold of such asymmetry that may trigger a true global deep-ocean conveyor has not yet been examined. A combined effect of the Atlantic-Pacific and the Southern Ocean surface salinity asymmetries also has not yet been clearly shown. We address these issues and conclude that Atlantic-Pacific SSS asymmetry is one of the most critical elements for maintaining the global ocean conveyor. Our experiments suggest, albeit preliminary, that high-latitudinal freshwater impacts, as a mechanism of altering global ocean thermohaline circulation, may be less effective than inter-basin freshwater communications.

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