Convective adjustment and thermohaline excitability

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 481-491

  Cessi, Paola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIP-FLOP MODEL; OSCILLATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0029903670     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0481:CAATE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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