Why Does Global Warming Weaken the Gulf Stream but Intensify the Kuroshio?

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 32; no. 21; pp. 7437 - 7451
• Main Authors: Chen, Changlin, Wang, Guihua, Xie, Shang-Ping, Liu, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.11.2019
• Subjects: 21st century; Advection; Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC); Boundary currents; Climate; Climate change; Experiments; General circulation models; Global warming; Gulf Stream; Heat; Heat transport; Meridional heat transport; Ocean circulation; Ocean currents; Ocean warming; Oceanic general circulation model; Oceans; Offshore; Rivers; Salinity; Sea level; Sea level changes; Sea level rise; Sea surface; Sea surface warming; Simulation; Subduction; Surface salinity; Surface temperature; Viscosity; Western boundary currents; Wind

The Kuroshio and Gulf Stream, the subtropical western boundary currents of the North Pacific and North Atlantic, play important roles in meridional heat transport and ocean–atmosphere interaction processes. Using a multimodel ensemble of future projections, we show that a warmer climate intensifies...