Linkages between atmospheric blocking, sea ice export through Fram Strait and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Patrick Scholz1,2, Monica Ionita2,3, Gerrit Lohmann2,4, Mihai Dima3,5 and Matthias Prange6, (1)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (2)MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (3)Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany, (4)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, (5)Bucharest University, Faculty of Physics, Bucharest, Romania, (6)MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Geosystem modelling, Bremen, Germany