Chaos in a simple model of the three-dimensional, salt-dominated ocean circulation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 489-502

  Van Der Schrier, G ^a   Maas, L R M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CIRCULATION; SALT FLUX; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0031698146     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050236     Document Type: Article

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