Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation to surface buoyancy forcing in a two-dimensional ocean model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1039-1058

  Capotondi, A ^a   Saravanan, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE COUPLED MODEL; SURFACE BUOYANCY FORCING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0029946399     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1039:SOTTCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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