Global thermohaline circulation. Part I: Sensitivity to atmospheric moisture transport

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-82

  Wang, Xiaoli ^a   Stone, Peter H ^a   Marotzke, Jochem ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RANDOM PROCESSES; WIND STRESS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DEEP WATER FORMATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033024679     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-12.1.71     Document Type: Article

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