Anthropogenic aerosol forcing of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and the associated mechanisms in CMIP6 models

Hassan, Taufiq; Allen, Robert J.; Liu, Wei; Randles, Cynthia A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5821-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5821-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5821-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 8

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19 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 19 Apr 2021

Anthropogenic aerosol forcing of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and the associated mechanisms in CMIP6 models

Taufiq Hassan, Robert J. Allen, Wei Liu, and Cynthia A. Randles

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RC1: 'Review of 'Anthropogenic aerosol forcing of the AMOC and the associated mechanisms in CMIP6 models'', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Robert Allen, 18 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review of of this manuscript cp-2019-168', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Jan 2021
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State-of-the-art climate models yield robust, externally forced changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), the bulk of which are due to anthropogenic aerosol perturbations to net surface shortwave radiation and sea surface temperature. AMOC-related feedbacks act to reinforce this aerosol-forced response, largely due to changes in sea surface salinity (and hence sea surface density), with temperature- and cloud-related feedbacks acting to mute the initial response.