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7th Annual Summer Institute and Friday Harbor Laboratory Centennial Symposium How Does Ocean Circulation Matter for Climate Change? Sept. 14-17, 2008 Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, WA The thermohaline circulation is sometimes called the ocean conveyor belt, the great ocean conveyor, or the global conveyor belt. On occasion, it is mistaken to mean the meridional overturning circulation (often abbreviated as MOC), but is distinct from it in two ways. Firstly, the MOC only occurs around the meridian - hence the name - and so is confined to the Atlantic Ocean. Secondly, there is published data on the MOC's existence, whilst the thermohaline circulation remains a purely theoretical conjecture. Wickipedia (Updated September 2, 2008) AABW and NADW Volumes (Johnson 2008) •Volume integrate the fraction of AABW at each location NADW •Logarithmic Scale •NADW 21% of the global ocean volume AAB W •AABW 36% of the global ocean volume •AABW has at least 1.7 times the volume of NADW The Indian Ocean Warming is apparent in the southern ocean SE Indian Ocean 1994/5 & 2007 Johnson, Purkey, & Bullister (in press) 13-year time interval 2007- 1994/5 0.1C abyssal warming=0.9W/m2 4cm Sea level rise Isolated to southern basins The Pacific Ocean MOC Active in Pacific, but shallow. Ocean drives fluxes to the atmosphere in the western boundary current MOC and Salinity Coupled model Ocean Only Model Thompson and Cheng 2008 Sea Surface Height Variability and Mean Path of Kuroshio 10 km model Altimeter Observations Upper Ocean Heat Budget From a High Resolution Ocean Model Heat storage rate = surface flux + lateral flux + isotherm motion Advection dominates (as in observationally derived budget) (Kelly et al, 2007) The Atlantic Ocean Connection between the mid and high latitudes is complex, and linked to the atmosphere No ice Ice Stream Function T anomaly Steve Yeager, NCAR QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Mike McCartney, WHOI Winter 850mb Storm Track Winter Surface Storm Track Winter Stability of boundary layer Booth et al, 2008 Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere Minobe et al, Nature, 2008 (picture from the New Scientist, March, 2008) Questions from PCC discussion, August 2008 • What is the definition of the MOC? THC? Can we separate the THC and wind-driven circulation? • How should models be used to investigate ocean circulation and its impact on climate in the past and in the future? • How fast does the circulation adjust in the deep ocean, and how fast do the deep tracers change? • How well do we understand paleo-circulation? Are there limits to our knowledge? More Questions: • What is the relative importance of tropical and mid-latitude SST variability for mid-latitude climate? • Are ocean heat transport anomalies compensated by atmospheric heat transport anomalies? • Can internal processes alone generate atmospheric variability? • What background state in the atmosphere favors influence of mid-latitudes SST on the atmosphere? • What part of the high latitudes is important to climate? South of 40S? North of 60N? Is sea-ice the key? Schedule • • • • • • Breakfast 7:45-8:15 Monday-Wednesday Morning Session 8:45-12:30 Lunch 12:30-1 Afternoons Free Dinner 6-6:30 Evening Session 7-10:30 • Monday Morning The Ocean in the Climate System • Monday Evening Ocean Circulation in the Past Panel Discussion--Can the Ocean Circulation Change Drastically as Implied by Paleo Data? • Tuesday Morning Variability of Ocean Circulation, Interannual to Decadal • Tuesday Evening The Carbon cycle, and land/ice interactions: what is the role for the oceans in future and past climate change? Panel Discussion--What can we say confidently? What is a reasonable best guess about the role of the ocean in future climate change? • Wednesday Morning Debate: What can models tell us about ocean circulation and climate? Summary Presentation