Sea ice effects on the sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2789-2803

  Lohmann, Gerrit ^a,b   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; SALINE WATER;

THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

SEA ICE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032216158     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2789:SIEOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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