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ImPACTS: Improving Projections of AMOC and Collapse Through Advanced Simulations

This project uses artificial intelligence

artificial intelligence

A machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments.

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and exascale supercomputers to better understand the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation,

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) circulates water from north to south and back in a long cycle within the Atlantic Ocean. This circulation brings warmth to various parts of the globe and also carries nutrients necessary to sustain ocean life.

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a large system of ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics northward. This system of currents plays an important role in climate by regulating the global transport of heat, carbon and freshwater.

Keywords	AMOC collapse and stability, artificial intelligence (AI), Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), earth system model, earth system model (ESM) A model that simulates how chemistry, biology, and physical forces work together. These models are similar to, but much more comprehensive than, global climate models. Source: U.S. Department of Energy Source high performance computing, high-performance computing (HPC) High-performance computing – the most powerful and largest scale computing systems – enables researchers to study systems that would otherwise be impractical, or impossible, to investigate in the real world due to their complexity or the danger they pose Source: DOE Office of Science Source machine learning (ML), machine learning (ML) Machine Learning (ML) refers to the field and practice of using algorithms that are able to “learn” by extracting patterns from a large body of data. Source: Center of Excellence Source ocean model
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Keywords

AMOC collapse and stability, artificial intelligence (AI), Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), earth system model, high performance computing, machine learning (ML), ocean model

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Principal Investigator (PI)

Luke Van Roekel

Lead Institution

Other Collaborators

National Center for Atmospheric Research Ohio State University Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of Texas Austin

Ten year average of 1500-2500m ocean current velocity from an E3SM high resolution ocean - sea ice simulation. Current speed is contoured and velocity vectors are shown in white. (Image credit: Luke van Roekel, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

For more information

Luke Van Roekel
Los Alamos National Laboratory

https://vanroekel.github.io/impacts-scidac/