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A thermodynamic sea ice model is coupled to an annual mean,zonally averaged, one -basin ocean thermohaline circulation(THC)model and an energy-moisture bal ance m odel(EMBM)of the atmosphere in order to investigate the interactions between sea ice and the THC.At first,the coupled sea ice-ocean model is run under mixed bo u ndary conditions(MBCs),which precludes feedbacks from the atmosphere.Oscillation s occur on timescales ranging from interannual to decadal and are spatially conf ined to the sinking(deep convection)region of the THC.The negative feedback loop that explains these oscillations is essentially the same as proposed by Zhang,L in and Greatbatch.A scale analysis shows that in this model only the process o f deep convection can occur on interannual-to-decadal timescales,whereas cha nges in the basin-scale THC occur on centennial-to-millennial timescales.This means that interactions between sea ice and the large-scale THC on interannual -to-decadal timescales are not possible under MBCs.Moreover,after the atmosphe re model is coupled to the above sea ice-ocean model,the above oscillations due to the interactions between sea ice and deep convection are suppressed because o f the following sequence of processes(positive feedback loop):when the ice retre ats in a fully coupled system,the atmosphere warms up at high latitudes and henc e the ice surface temperature increases,which then causes a further ice retreat.