Impact of interbasin exchange on the Atlantic overturning circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2266-2284

  Weijer, Wilbert ^a   De Ruijter, Wilhelmus P M ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a   Van Leeuwen, Peter Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033383015     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2266:IOIEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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