Contrasting trends in North Atlantic deep-water formation in the Labrador Sea and Nordic Seas during the Holocene

H. Renssen, H. Goosse, T. Fichefet

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    Abstract

    The Holocene North Atlantic deep-water formation is studied in a 9,000-year long simulation with a coupled climate model of intermediate complexity, forced by changes in orbital forcing and atmospheric trace gas concentrations. During the experiment, deep-water formation in the Nordic Seas is reduced due to an enhanced influx of sea ice from the Central Arctic, decreasing both surface salinity and density, whereas deep-water formation in the Labrador Sea increases due to sufface cooling. This leads to changes in the distribution of oceanic heat transported northwards by the Atlantic Ocean, with less heat released (-120 Wm
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalGeophysical Research Letters
    Volume32
    Issue numberL08711
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

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    doi: 10.1029/2005GL022462

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