Climate Change 2001:
Working Group I: The Scientific Basis
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Figure 9.21: Simulated water-volume transport change of the Atlantic “conveyor belt” (Atlantic overturning) in a range of global warming scenarios computed by different climate research centres. Shown is the annual mean relative to the mean of the years (1961 to 1990) (Unit: SV, 106 m3s-1). The past forcings are only due to greenhouse gases and aerosols. The future-forcing scenario is the IS92a scenario. See Table 9.1 for more information on the individual models used here.

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