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6 60 15 teleconnections on N o rthern H em isphere temperature [ J ]. Geophys Res L ett, 1996, 23: 665 668. [ 26 ] B ryan K. A ccelerating the convergence to equilibrium of ocean2clim ate models[j ]. J Phys O ceanogr, 1984, 14: 666 673. [27 ] W ebster P J. T he ro le of hydro logical p rocesses in ocean2 atmo sphere interactions[j ]. Review s of Geophysics, 1994, 32 (4) : 427 476. COMM ENTS ON THE ROL E OF THERMOHAL INE C IRCULATION IN GLOBAL CL IM ATE SY STEM ZHOU T ian2jun,w AN G Shao2w u, ZHAN G Xue2hong ( L A S G, Institu te of A tm osp heric P hy sics, Ch inese A cad em y of S ciences, B eij ing 100029, Ch ina) ( Geop hy sics D ep a rtm en t of P ek ing U n iversity, B eij ing 100871, Ch ina) Abstract: T he activity of the great ocean conveyo r, i. e. the therm ohaline circu lation, and its link to clim ate variab ility, is a new p rob lem no ticed by in ternational scien tific comm un ity since the late of 1990ṡ T he ob jective of th is paper is to p rovide a summ ary of the conveyo r s operation in global clim ate system. Bo th the concep tual diagram dep icting the conveyo r belt and the im po rtan t ro le of it in the clim ate system have been addressed. O u r cu rren t research statu s, together w ith the fu tu re research em phases designated by in ternational scien tific p lan s, is summ arized. Em phasis has been put on the revelation of the ro le of the therm ohaline circu lation in global clim ate system. Key words: T herm ohaline circu lation; Global clim ate system ; C lim ate variab ility1