Climate variability inferred from a layered model of the ventilated thermocline

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 779-806

  Huang, Rui Xin ^a   Pedlosky, Joseph ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EKMAN PUMPING; MODEL; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032700746     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0779:cvifal>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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