Studying the role of temperature and salinity anomalies in formation of the World ocean meridional circulation modes
A numerical model of the ocean circulation is intended for the use in a coupled ocean-ice-atmosphere climate model. Preliminary experiments conducted on a numerical grid with a coarse spatial resolution over one thousand/year period reproduce the World ocean dynamics under the influence of the climatic surface forcing. Based on the introduction of anomalies into the surface sources, the sensitivity of the global ocean circulation to the thermohaline conditions in the northern regions of the Atlantic Ocean is investigated.