Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Influence on the Annual Mean Intertropical Convergence Zone Location in the Miocene

10.4231/A0D2-TY84

Matthew Huber, Nicholas Herold, Xiaoqing Liu

04/16/2024

The ITCZ indices and energetic constraints on the EFEs in our Miocene simulations demonstrate that AMOC initiation pushes the annual mean ITCZ position north of the equator.

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation CCSM Energy Flux Intertropical Convergence Zone mechanism for the northward ITCZ shift Miocene Paleoclimate