Interhemispheric thermohaline circulation in a coupled box model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-365

  Scott, Jeffery R ^a   Marotzke, Jochem ^a   Stone, Peter H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032743361     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0351:ITCIAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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