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Circulation Thresholds

Circulation Thresholds is a theoretical construct in climate science that denotes critical values or conditions in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation system which, when crossed, precipitate abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in large-scale oceanic circulation patterns.

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The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation: A System with Dangerous Thresholds?

Stefan Rahmstorf · Climatic Change · 2000 · 226 citations

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The Response of a Zonally Symmetric Atmosphere to Subtropical Thermal Forcing: Threshold Behavior

R. Alan Plumb, Arthur Y. Hou · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1992 · 162 citations · Full text

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The thermal threshold of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and its control by wind stress forcing during glacial climate

Akira Oka, Hiroyasu Hasumi, Ayako Abe‐Ouchi · Geophysical Research Letters · 2012 · 92 citations · Full text

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Observable, low-order dynamical controls on thresholds of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Richard Wood, José M. Rodríguez, Robin S. Smith et al. · Climate Dynamics · 2019 · 69 citations

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Basin bifurcations, oscillatory instability and rate-induced thresholds for Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in a global oceanic box model

Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2019 · 67 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AA
    Ayako Abe‐Ouchi

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  2. AO
    Akira Oka

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  3. HH
    Hiroyasu Hasumi

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  4. MO
    Michael Oppenheimer

    Princeton University, United States

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  5. YY
    Yūsuke Yokoyama

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    1 publications · 32 citations

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Institutions

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  1. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    436 citations

  2. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    341 citations

  3. National Centre for Atmospheric Science

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    138 citations

  4. CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    67 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    162 citations

  6. National Institute of Polar Research

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  7. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  8. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    201 citations

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  1. Climate Dynamics

    1 publications · 69 citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    1 publications · 92 citations

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  3. Resource and Energy Economics

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  4. Communications Earth & Environment

    1 publications · 32 citations

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  5. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

    1 publications · 11 citations

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