@article{9feefddb0ec043088af766b1ac8fa359,
title = "Atlantic-Pacific Asymmetry in Deep Water Formation",
abstract = "While the Atlantic Ocean is ventilated by high-latitude deep water formation and exhibits a pole-To-pole overturning circulation, the Pacific Ocean does not. This asymmetric global overturning pattern has persisted for the past 2-3 million years, with evidence for different ventilation modes in the deeper past. In the current climate, the Atlantic-Pacific asymmetry occurs because the Atlantic is more saline, enabling deep convection. To what extent the salinity contrast between the two basins is dominated by atmospheric processes (larger net evaporation over the Atlantic) or oceanic processes (salinity transport into the Atlantic) remains an outstanding question. Numerical simulations have provided support for both mechanisms; observations of the present climate support a strong role for atmospheric processes as well as some modulation by oceanic processes. A major avenue for future work is the quantification of the various processes at play to identify which mechanisms are primary in different climate states.",
keywords = "meridional overturning circulation, salinity, hydrological cycle, multiple equilibria, climate, deep water formation",
author = "David Ferreira and Paola Cessi and Coxall, {Helen K.} and {De Boer}, Agatha and Dijkstra, {Henk A.} and Drijfhout, {Sybren S.} and Tor Eldevik and Nili Harnik and McManus, {Jerry F.} and Marshall, {David P.} and Johan Nilsson and Fabien Roquet and Tapio Schneider and Wills, {Robert C.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010045",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "46",
pages = "327--352",
journal = "Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences",
issn = "0084-6597",
publisher = "Annual Reviews Inc.",
}