The relative importance of northern overflow and subpolar deep convection for the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1894-1902

  Döscher, Ralf ^a,b   Redler, René ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 0001651209     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1894:TRIONO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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