The stability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation in a coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 325-347

  Schiller, A ^a,c   Mikolajewicz, U ^a   Voss, R ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; GCM; MELT WATER; MELTWATER; STABILITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030729592     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050169     Document Type: Article

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