Mechanisms of ocean heat uptake

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dc.contributor.advisorKlinger, Barry A.
dc.contributor.authorGaruba, Oluwayemi Anne
dc.creatorGaruba, Oluwayemi Anne
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:28:50Z
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:28:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractAn important parameter for the climate response to increased greenhouse gases or other radiative forcing is the speed at which heat anomalies propagate downward in the ocean. Ocean heat uptake occurs through passive advection/diffusion of surface heat anomalies and through the redistribution of existing temperature gradients due to circulation changes. Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) weakens in a warming climate and this should slow the downward heat advection (compared to a case in which the circulation is unchanged). However, weakening AMOC also causes a deep warming through the redistributive effect, thus increasing the downward rate of heat propagation compared to unchanging circulation. Total heat uptake depends on the combined effect of these two mechanisms.
dc.format.extent125 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/10176
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2015 Oluwayemi Anne Garuba
dc.subjectPhysical oceanography
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectAtmospheric sciences
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectClimate transient response
dc.subjectOcean circulation
dc.subjectOcean heat uptake
dc.subjectOcean modelling
dc.titleMechanisms of ocean heat uptake
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineClimate Dynamics
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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