Behavior of double-hemisphere thermohaline flows in a single basin

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 382-399

  Klinger, Barry A ^a,c   Marotzke, Jochem ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032718609     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0382:BODHTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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