Articles | Volume 12, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1829-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1829-2016
Research article
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08 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 08 Sep 2016

The effect of greenhouse gas concentrations and ice sheets on the glacial AMOC in a coupled climate model

Marlene Klockmann, Uwe Mikolajewicz, and Jochem Marotzke

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We study the response of the glacial AMOC to different forcings in a coupled AOGCM. The depth of the upper overturning cell remains almost unchanged in response to the full glacial forcing. This is the result of two opposing effects: a deepening due to the ice sheets and a shoaling due to the low GHG concentrations. Increased brine release in the Southern Ocean is key to the shoaling. With glacial ice sheets, a shallower cell can be simulated with GHG concentrations below the glacial level.