Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-937-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-937-2016
Research article
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02 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2016

A conceptual model of oceanic heat transport in the Snowball Earth scenario

Darin Comeau, Douglas A. Kurtze, and Juan M. Restrepo

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 Jun 2016) by Laurens Ganzeveld
AR by Anna Mirena Feist-Polner on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2016)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Oct 2016) by Laurens Ganzeveld
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (17 Oct 2016)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Nov 2016) by Laurens Ganzeveld
AR by Darin Comeau on behalf of the Authors (16 Nov 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
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The ocean is an important vehicle for redistributing Earth's heat from the tropics to high latitudes. We present a conceptual global climate model, with a focus on the coupling between oceanic heat transport and sea ice cover. We use this model to study the role of heat exchange between the ocean and ice components on the global climate system, including investigating the initiation of a global ice-covered climate ("Snowball Earth"), as well as the reversibility of the loss of polar ice caps.
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