Decadal variability in coupled sea-ice-thermohaline circulation systems

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3059-3076

  Yang, Jiayan ^a   Neelin, J David ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; ICE; OCEAN INTERACTION; OCEAN INTERATION; OCEAN-ICE FEEDBACK; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031448407     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<3059:DVICSI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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