Variability of the thermohaline circulation in an ocean general circulation model coupled to an atmospheric energy balance model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 725-738

  Pierce, David W ^a   Kim, K Y ^b   Barnett, Tim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CIRCULATION MODELLING; STABILITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0029769579     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0725:VOTTCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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