A review of the role of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in Atlantic multidecadal variability and associated climate impacts

R Zhang, R Sutton, G Danabasoglu… - Reviews of …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
By synthesizing recent studies employing a wide range of approaches (modern
observations, paleo reconstructions, and climate model simulations), this paper provides a …

Extratropical cooling, interhemispheric thermal gradients, and tropical climate change

JCH Chiang, AR Friedman - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2012‏ - annualreviews.org
Recent studies suggest the existence of a global atmospheric teleconnection of extratropical
cooling to the tropical rainfall climate, mediated through the development of a thermal …

Wind-Driven Upwelling in the Southern Ocean and the Deglacial Rise in Atmospheric CO2

RF Anderson, S Ali, LI Bradtmiller, SHH Nielsen… - science, 2009‏ - science.org
Wind-driven upwelling in the ocean around Antarctica helps regulate the exchange of
carbon dioxide (CO2) between the deep sea and the atmosphere, as well as the supply of …

Response of the ITCZ to Northern Hemisphere cooling

AJ Broccoli, KA Dahl, RJ Stouffer - Geophysical Research …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate simulations, using models with different levels of complexity, indicate that the north‐
south position of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) responds to changes in …

Simulated tropical response to a substantial weakening of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation

R Zhang, TL Delworth - Journal of climate, 2005‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
In this study, a mechanism is demonstrated whereby a large reduction in the Atlantic
thermohaline circulation (THC) can induce global-scale changes in the Tropics that are …

Palaeoclimate

E Jansen, J Overpeck, KR Briffa, JC Duplessy… - Contribution of Working …, 2007‏ - hal.science
• The sustained rate of increase over the past century in the combined radiative forcing from
the three well-mixed greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous …

Sahara and Sahel vulnerability to climate changes, lessons from Holocene hydrological data

AM Lézine, C Hély, C Grenier, P Braconnot… - Quaternary Science …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The examination of more than 1500 paleohydrological dated records collected between 10
and 28° N during the last 50 years have been used to improve our knowledge and …

Late Quaternary behavior of the East African monsoon and the importance of the Congo Air Boundary

JE Tierney, JM Russell, JSS Damsté, Y Huang… - Quaternary Science …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Both Atlantic and Indian Ocean climate dynamics exert influence over tropical African
hydroclimate, producing complex patterns of convergence and precipitation. To isolate the …

The influence of a weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation on ENSO

A Timmermann, Y Okumura, SI An… - Journal of …, 2007‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The influences of a substantial weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
(AMOC) on the tropical Pacific climate mean state, the annual cycle, and ENSO variability …

An 85-ka record of climate change in lowland Central America

DA Hodell, FS Anselmetti, D Ariztegui… - Quaternary Science …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Drill cores obtained from Lake Petén Itzá, Petén, Guatemala, contain a∼ 85-kyr record of
terrestrial climate from lowland Central America that was used to reconstruct hydrologic …