Decadal changes in the thermohaline circulation of the North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 109-138

  Koltermann, K P ^a,b,c   Sokov, A V ^a   Tereschenkov, V P ^b   Dobroliubov, S A ^a   Lorbacher, K ^c   Sy, A ^a  

^a FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE WATER MASS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032932611     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00115-5     Document Type: Article

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