On timescales and reversibility of the ocean's response to enhanced Greenland Ice Sheet melting in comprehensive climate models.

Martin, Torge , Biastoch, Arne , Lohmann, Gerrit, Mikolajewicz, Uwe and Wang, Xuezhu (2022) On timescales and reversibility of the ocean's response to enhanced Greenland Ice Sheet melting in comprehensive climate models. Open Access Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (5). Art.Nr. e2021GL097114. DOI 10.1029/2021GL097114.

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Abstract

Warming of the North Atlantic region in climate history often was associated with massive melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet. To identify the meltwater’s impacts and isolate these from internal variability and other global warming factors, we run single-forcing simulations including small ensembles using three complex climate models differing only in their ocean components. In 200-year long pre-industrial climate simulations, we identify robust consequences of abruptly increasing Greenland runoff by 0.05 Sv: sea-level rise of 44±10 cm, subpolar North Atlantic surface cooling of 0.7˚C and a moderate AMOC decline of 1.1–2.0 Sv. The latter two emerge in under three decades—and reverse on the same timescale after the perturbation ends in year 100. The ocean translates the step-change perturbation into a multi-decadal to centennial signature in the deep overturning circulation. In all simulations, internal variability creates notable uncertainty in estimating trends, time of emergence and duration of the response.

Document Type: Article
Funder compliance: BMBF: 01LP1503D
Keywords: Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS); Global warming; ocean circulation
Research affiliation: MPG
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-OD Ocean Dynamics
HGF-AWI
Main POF Topic: PT2: Ocean and Cryosphere
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: AGU (American Geophysical Union), Wiley
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Projects: PalMod, Opendap
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Date Deposited: 01 Mar 2022 09:17
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2024 15:52
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/55376

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