Intermittent convection, mixed boundary conditions and the stability of the thermohaline circulation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-291

  Hirschi, J ^a   Sander, J ^a   Stocker, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033028312     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050282     Document Type: Article

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