The role of North Atlantic Deep Water formation in an OGCM's ventilation and thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1759-1785

  Goodman, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER FORMATION; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032450419     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1759:TRONAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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