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In the outer envelope of the Sun and in other stars, differential rotation and meridional circulation are maintained via the redistribution of momentum and energy by convective motions. In order to properly capture such processes in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. S. Miesch

A thorough analysis of the stability of a coupled version of an inter-hemispheric 3-box model of Thermohaline Circulation (THC) is presented. This study follows a similarly structured analysis on an uncoupled version of the same model…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Valerio Lucarini , Peter H. Stone

Vertical motions across the ocean are central to processes, like CO$_2$ fixation, heat removal or pollutant transport, which are essential to the Earth's climate. This work explores 3D conveyor routes {associated with} the Atlantic…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2024-12-24 Renzo Bruera , Jezabel Curbelo , Guillermo Garcia-Sanchez , Ana M. Mancho

Strong eastward jets at the equator have been observed in many planetary atmospheres and simulated in numerical models of varying complexity. However, the nature of the transition from a conventional state of the general circulation, with…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Corentin Herbert , Rodrigo Caballero , Freddy Bouchet

The tropical overturning circulation is examined in a moist aquaplanet general circulation model forced using a non-interactive sea surface temperature (SST) distribution that varies between a present-day Earth-like profile and one that is…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-10-26 ABS Thakur , Jai Sukhatme , Nili Harnik

Atmosphere and ocean are coupled via air-sea interactions. The atmospheric conditions fuel the ocean circulation and its variability, but the extent to which ocean processes can affect the atmosphere at decadal time scales remains unclear.…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2021-07-08 Navid C. Constantinou , Andrew McC. Hogg

The atmospheric circulation in Venus is well known to exhibit strong super-rotation. However, the atmospheric mechanisms responsible for the formation of this super-rotation are still not fully understood. In this work, we developed a new…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 João M. Mendonça , Peter L. Read

While it is expected that the large-scale tropical circulation should undergo some changes in a warmer climate, it remains an open question whether its characteristic features, such as the Hadley cell, the intertropical convergence zone, or…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Tim Marino , Michael P. Byrne , Corentin Herbert

Complex ocean systems such as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current play key roles in the climate, and current models predict shifts in their strength and area under climate change. However, the physical processes underlying these changes are…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-12-19 William Yik , Maike Sonnewald , Mariana C. A. Clare , Redouane Lguensat

The meridional circulation of the Sun, which is observed to be poleward at the surface, should have a return flow at some depth. Since large-scale flows like the differential rotation and the meridional circulation are driven by turbulent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-24 Arnab Rai Choudhuri

We explore the importance of meridional circulation variations in modelling the irregularities of the solar cycle by using the flux transport dynamo model. We show that a fluctuating meridional circulation can reproduce some features of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Bidya Binay Karak , Arnab Rai Choudhuri

A thorough analysis of the stability of the uncoupled Rooth interhemispheric 3-box model of thermohaline circulation (THC) is presented. The model consists of a northern high latitudes box, a tropical box, and a southern high latitudes box,…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Valerio Lucarini , Peter H. Stone

We review recent insights into the dynamics of the solar convection zone obtained from global numerical simulations, focusing on two recent developments in particular. The first is quasi-cyclic magnetic activity in a long-duration dynamo…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Mark S. Miesch , Benjamin P. Brown , Matthew K. Browning , Allan Sacha Brun , Juri Toomre

The relatively warm climate found in the North- Western Europe is due to the gulf stream that circulates warm saline water from southern latitudes to Europe. In North Atlantic ocean the stream gives out a large amount of heat, cools down…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2008-05-16 Ajay Patwardhan , Vivek Tewary

Climate variability on centennial timescales has often been linked to internal variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). However, due to the scarceness of suitable paleoclimate proxies and long climate model…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-09-30 Oliver Mehling , Katinka Bellomo , Jost von Hardenberg

Gyres are central features of large-scale ocean circulation and are involved in transporting tracers such as heat, nutrients, and carbon-dioxide within and across ocean basins. Traditionally, the gyre circulation is thought to be driven by…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-11-02 Dhruv Bhagtani , Andrew McColl Hogg , Ryan Mahony Holmes , Navid C. Constantinou

The heat engine model of tropical cyclones describes a thermally direct overturning circulation. Outflowing air slowly subsides as radiative cooling to space balances adiabatic warming, a process that does not consume any work. However, we…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Morgan E O'Neill , Daniel R. Chavas

There is strong evidence that the present-day Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is in a bi-stable regime and hence it is important to determine probabilities and pathways for noise-induced transitions between its…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2024-08-27 Jelle Soons , Tobias Grafke , Henk A. Dijkstra

We study the free surface response in a cylindrical container undergoing an elliptic periodic orbit. For small forcing amplitudes and deep liquid layers, we quantify the effect of orbit's aspect ratio onto the surface dynamics in the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-07 Alice Marcotte , François Gallaire , Alessandro Bongarzone

Understanding how climate change will affect oceanic fluid transport is crucial for environmental applications and human activities. However, a synoptic characterization of the influence of climate change on mesoscale stirring and transport…