We will discuss the current state of observing systems and modelling activities to study the AMOC, and evaluate the potential for joint analyses, publications and projects. The focus should be on the monitoring and understanding of the variability of the past 50 years and the projection of the next 50 years, in particular the detection of (anthropogenic) trends within the range of natural...
We will discuss the potential to build collaborative projects to explore the relationships between the terrestrial and marine realms. Some of the focuses for this breakout sessions will be, for instance, the linkages and feedback processes between sea surface temperatures, ocean circulation, rainfall, weathering and erosion during warm and cold periods of the Quaternary. It will be also of...
We aim to discuss advective pathways and consequences of increases in polar freshwater export (Arctic Ocean, Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets) under global warming. While typically discussed in a regional context, climate change in high latitude oceans will affect the global ocean circulation, deep as well as intermediate water formation, gyre-gyre interaction and thuscinterfere with...
We will discuss ongoing work to identify biases in coupled models. Which processes or regions are poorly represented? Where has there been significant improvement and where do we need to focus our efforts in the near future? Higher resolution? More parametrizations? Better parametrizations?
Our Program lists the implementation of a Cross Topic Activity on “Earth System thresholds affecting globally relevant CO2 sinks and sources” as deliverable. Here we would like to discuss how this could be addressed:
- Which thresholds and tipping points will we focus on?
- Which experts should be brought together?
- Which expertise is missing?
- Which strategies are most effective to...
The Greenland ice sheet is increasingly losing mass. In our centers various activities are under way regarding the quantification of the causative processes (e.g., surface melt, ice-sheet dynamics, ocean-ice interaction) and the assessment of the multiple consequences, such as changes in sea level, ocean stratification and deep-water formation. Based on these activities the goal of this...
We want to discuss fine scale processes in the upper ocean and how information from in-situ observations, satellites, and models can be best combined. Particular focus will be on the mixed layer, frontal dynamics and upwelling processes.
(5' min pres. + 5' disc.)
(5' min pres. + 5' disc.)
(5' min pres. + 5' disc.)
(5' min pres. + 5' disc.)
