Surface thermohaline forcing conditions and the response of the present-day global ocean climate to global warming

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C1, 1996, Pages 1079-1093

  Cai, Wenju ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CIRCULATION MODEL; FORCING CONDITIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEAN CLIMATE; OGCM; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THERMOHALINE FORCING;

EID: 0029749399     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC03137     Document Type: Article

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