The effect of cold climate upon North Atlantic Deep Water formation in a simple ocean-atmosphere model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-51

  Winton, Michael ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN MODEL; COLD CLIMATE; DEEP WATER; DEEP WATER FORMATION; NADW; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031011159     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0037:TEOCCU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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