Effect of meltwater input from the Antarctic ice sheet on the thermohaline circulation

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 311-315

  Mikolajewicz, Uwe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032410330     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998AoG27-1-311-315     Document Type: Article

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