The damping effect of bottom topography on internal decadal-scale oscillations of the thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-208

  Winton, Michael ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY EFFECTS; INTERNAL DECADAL-SCALE; OSCILLATIONS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0031010506     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0203:TDEOBT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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