Sentences with phrase «affects oceanic circulation»

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Antarctic climate results from a complex mix of oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns, so there could also be other components affecting the amount of snow accumulation in the region, Bromwich said.

For example: could different oceanic circulation rates change the oceanic CO2 sink / source behaviour, or could different atmospheric conditions change the mixing rates of atmospheric gases hence modify their affect on the solar forcing?

And we know for sure that a lot more is going to affect temperature and thus the blossoms than just CO2 — atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns will clearly have a big effect from year to year.

Changes in oceanic circulation in the North Atlantic have influence on a planetary level by affecting, in particular, the water cycle.

The Antarctic ice sheet reached the coastline for the first time at ca. 33.6 Ma and became a driver of Antarctic circulation, which in turn affected global climate, causing increased latitudinal thermal gradients and a «spinning up» of the oceans that resulted in: (1) increased thermohaline circulation and erosional pulses of Northern Component Water and Antarctic Bottom Water; (2) increased deep - basin ventilation, which caused a decrease in oceanic residence time, a decrease in deep - ocean acidity, and a deepening of the calcite compensation depth (CCD); and (3) increased diatom diversity due to intensified upwelling.

As a consequence, it is likely that ice cover and oceanic circulation will be affected, and the wave climate will change.

If we can model paleoclimate as a function of landmass distribution and oceanic circulation, we have a huge leg up because they are obviously major factors affecting climate.