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AMOC

Meltwater — 0.00

CO₂ — 420 ppm

Solar — 100

Wind — 1.00

Ocean Drag — 0.040

Viscosity — 2.0e-4

Deep Sinking — 0.50

Sim Speed — 50

Time Warp — 1.00x

Surface Deep Atmos Land Obs

The Physics

Two-layer ocean model

Surface: dq/dt + J(ψ, q) = curl(τ) − rζ + A∇²ζ
Deep: dq_d/dt + J(ψ_d, q_d) = −r_dζ_d + A∇²ζ_d
T_s: dT/dt = S·cosθ − (A+BT) + κ∇²T

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AMOC Strength

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