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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-419-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-419-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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26 Apr 2021
Research article |
| 26 Apr 2021
| 26 Apr 2021
Labrador Sea subsurface density as a precursor of multidecadal variability in the North Atlantic: a multi-model study
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Jon I. Robson
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Matthew Menary
LOCEAN, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
Rowan T. Sutton
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Adam Blaker
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK
Agathe Germe
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK
Jöel J.-M. Hirschi
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK
Bablu Sinha
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, UK
Leon Hermanson
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Stephen Yeager
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
International Laboratory for High-Resolution Earth System Prediction, College Station, TX, USA
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Short summary
Deep Labrador Sea densities are receiving increasing attention because of their link to many of the processes that govern decadal climate oscillations in the North Atlantic and their potential use as a precursor of those changes. This article explores those links and how they are represented in global climate models, documenting the main differences across models. Models are finally compared with observational products to identify the ones that reproduce the links more realistically.
Deep Labrador Sea densities are receiving increasing attention because of their link to many of...
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