Simulation of thermohaline circulation with a twenty-layer oceanic general circulation model

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 65-87

  Zhang, X H ^a   Chen, K M ^a   Jin, X Z ^a   Lin, W Y ^b   Yu, Y Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GCM; OGCM; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0030438849     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00864703     Document Type: Article

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