Seidov (2026) Self-Organization of Ocean Circulation: A Synergetic Perspective on Ocean and Climate Dynamics

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Identification

• Journal: Water
• Year: 2026
• Date: 2026-03-25
• Authors: Dan Seidov
• DOI: 10.3390/w18070774

Research Groups

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Short Summary

This study reinterprets large-scale ocean circulation, particularly the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), using self-organization theory and synergetics, demonstrating how a simplified nonlinear model (Brusselator) can capture key bifurcation behaviors relevant to AMOC instability and regime transitions.

Objective

• To revisit ocean circulation, specifically the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), through the lens of self-organization theory and synergetics to clarify feedback regulation, instability, and potential regime transitions.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Large-scale ocean circulation, focusing on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).
• Temporal Scale: Decadal to millennial timescales (conceptual understanding of long-term dynamics and regime transitions).

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Brusselator (a simplified model of a nonlinear dynamical system, used as a conceptual analog for ocean circulation energy conversion).
• Data sources: Conceptual study; no specific observational or reanalysis data sources are mentioned as being used.

Main Results

• The Brusselator, despite its high abstraction, effectively captures essential bifurcation behaviors, such as Hopf bifurcation transitions and limit-cycle behaviors.
• These captured behaviors clarify feedback regulation, instability, and potential regime transitions in the AMOC.
• Synergetic concepts like mode competition, order parameters, and the slaving principle are interpreted within the framework of general ocean circulation and the AMOC.

Contributions

• Provides a novel conceptual framework for understanding large-scale ocean variability and the AMOC by applying self-organization theory and synergetics.
• Highlights the broader applicability of synergetic principles to the complex Earth climate system, particularly for an interdisciplinary readership.
• Offers a simplified, yet effective, proxy model (Brusselator) to illustrate fundamental bifurcation behaviors relevant to AMOC dynamics.

Funding

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Citation

@article{Seidov2026SelfOrganization,
  author = {Seidov, Dan},
  title = {Self-Organization of Ocean Circulation: A Synergetic Perspective on Ocean and Climate Dynamics},
  journal = {Water},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.3390/w18070774},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/w18070774}
}