Wednesday February 26 (starting at 12:00) to Friday February 28 (ending at 13:00)
All career stages are welcome to attend. Remote attendance is possible, but we encourage in-person participation. Lunch and dinner will be provided for all participants. Expenses for hotel and travel are not included. There is no participation fee. Invited speakers will be staying at hotel Mitland. A list of other hotels located near the workshop is attached below.
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Summary of the workshop
Previous modeling studies suggest that North Atlantic subpolar gyre (SPG) convection may exhibit abrupt changes and may in some cases collapse in response to global warming. These changes have been shown to have important climate impacts, yet may occur without a more severe collapse of the AMOC and hence this raises questions about the associated mechanisms. Do such abrupt changes reflect a persistent shift in SPG dynamics (“tipping point”) or do these changes simply reflect extreme anomalies in response to a forcing? And what is the role of the AMOC?
The aim of this workshop is to begin to address these questions by bringing together leading researchers on SPG dynamics. Current research on this topic will be summarized through a series of presentations, and we will work together to define a protocol for modeling, detecting and understanding abrupt changes in the SPG through a series of discussions.