Stability of the thermohaline circulation in a simple coupled model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 465-476

  Lohmann, Gerrit ^a,c   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a   Chen, Deliang ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c MaxPlanck Institute for Meteorology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE BOX MODEL; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COUPLED OCEAN/ATMOSPHERE MODEL; MODEL; SALINITY; STABILITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0029812230     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i3.12072     Document Type: Article

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