@article{fdi:010060527,
  title = {{O}ceanic hindcast simulations at high resolution suggest that the {A}tlantic {MOC} is bistable},
  author = {{D}eshayes, {J}ulie and {T}reguier, {A}. {M}. and {B}arnier, {B}. and {L}ecointre, {A}. and {L}e {S}ommer, {J}. and {M}olines, {J}. {M}. and {P}enduff, {T}. and {B}ourdalle-{B}adie, {R}. and {D}rillet, {Y}. and {G}arric, {G}. and {B}enshila, {R}. and {M}adec, {G}. and {B}iastoch, {A}. and {B}oning, {C}. {W}. and {S}cheinert, {M}. and {C}oward, {A}. {C}. and {H}irschi, {J}. {J}. {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}ll climate models predict a freshening of the {N}orth {A}tlantic at high latitude that may induce an abrupt change of the {A}tlantic {M}eridional {O}verturning {C}irculation (hereafter {AMOC}) if it resides in the bistable regime, where both a strong and a weak state coexist. {T}he latter remains uncertain as there is no consensus among observations and ocean reanalyses, where the {AMOC} is bistable, versus most climate models that reproduce a mono-stable strong {AMOC}. {A} series of four hindcast simulations of the global ocean at 1/12 degrees resolution, which is presently unique, are used to diagnose freshwater transport by the {AMOC} in the {S}outh {A}tlantic, an indicator of {AMOC} bistability. {I}n all simulations, the {AMOC} resides in the bistable regime: it exports freshwater southward in the {S}outh {A}tlantic, implying a positive salt advection feedback that would act to amplify a decreasing trend in subarctic deep water formation as projected in climate scenarios.},
  keywords = {{AMOC} ; freshwater ; bistability ; modeling ; {OCEAN} {ATLANTIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eophysical {R}esearch {L}etters},
  volume = {40},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {3069--3073},
  ISSN = {0094-8276},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1002/grl.50534},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060527},
}