Overturning Strength of the Sub-Polar Gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean, within the GLORYS12 reanalysis model

The Earth’s climate is changing, due to global warming, impacting the ocean circulation around the world. As the ocean circulation distributes large amounts of energy around the world, this can alter climate drastically if changed. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a fundamental ocean component to comprehend climate...

Exploring the origins of waters at Cape Farewell along pathways through the Irminger Sea by Lagrangian Particle Tracking

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an important element in the Earth’s Climate System, and it leads to variations in the climate systems, such as heat transformation, carbon dioxide distribution, freshwater distribution, and extreme weather conditions. <br/>The dense water formation and export in the North Atlantic...

Pathway classification of Argo floats within the Irminger Sea

The Atlantic Meridonial Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in the North Atlantic Ocean (NAO) plays a major role in earth’s climate and climate change. A key element of the AMOC is deep convection, which is still not fully understood. One of the unknowns is where water is exchanged between the boundary current and the regions where deep convection...

The Effects of Varying Winter Surface Heat Loss on the Labrador Sea Water and Its Export

As the environment is changing temperatures are changing, becoming more extreme. This is expected to affect the oceans and its transport, specifically the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The Labrador Sea is a part of the AMOC, where overturning in depth and density space occurs, due to deep convection. Deep convection is the...

Effects of Variations in Boundary Current Strength on the Export Pathways of Convected Water Masses in the Labrador Sea

The production of water masses formed by convection in the Labrador Sea (i.e. Labrador Sea Water, LSW) and its variability contributes to the variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Several studies put the role of the Labrador Sea under renewed debate, and suggest a rather complex interplay between the production...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation under Climate Forcing: An Analysis of the Community Earth System Model

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a key component in the Earth System. Given its important role in the climate system, variability in the AMOC strength is expected to have great impact on the global climate. The current observational timeseries are not long enough to make climate projections for the end of the century or...

The impact of uncertain Antarctic ice sheet dynamics for future coastal erosion: A probabilistic approach for a data-scarce environment in the Caribbean

Sandy beaches comprise large parts of the world's shorelines and act as a natural buffer for many exposed people and assets that are concentrated in the coastal zone. Many coastal communities are vulnerable to the impact of sea-level rise (SLR) that can amplify the episodic erosion from storms and drive structural erosion. The way communities...

Effects of a Freshening Boundary Currenton on Deep Convection and Eddy Activity in the Labrador Sea

A freshening of the boundary current (Labrador current and West Greenland Current) supresses deep convection in the Labrador Sea. Furthermore, the fresher water contributes to the ``strength'' of Irminger Rings and increases their life time. This leads to a larger spread of high EKE into the interior of the Labrador Sea and confines the deep...

Tha Chin River Project: A solution for salt intrusion in the Tha Chin River mouth

The Tha Chin River is a river in central Thailand, which starts in Chainat province as a branch of the Chao Phraya River and flows into the Gulf of Thailand at about 35 km southwest of Bangkok. The Tha Chin is one of Thailand’s most important rivers and it plays a vital role for the lives of over two million people living in this basin. Near the...

Sinking in the Labrador Sea: An Idealized Model Study

The strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) will decrease due to climate change. However, the magnitude of this decrease is still under debate, since uncertainties exist about the driving mechanisms of the sinking branch of AMOC. Conceptual models have shown that sinking is located at the lateral boundaries of the...