Are two modes of thermohaline circulation stable?

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 400-411

  Manabe, Syukuro ^a   Stouffer, Ronald J ^b  

^a Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CIRCULATION MODELING; EQUILIBRIUM; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032882099     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v51i3.13461     Document Type: Article

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