Thermohaline circulation: High-latitude phenomena and the difference between the Pacific and Atlantic

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue , 1999, Pages 231-285

  Weaver, A J ^a   Bitz, C M ^a   Fanning, A F ^a   Holland, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Climate variability; Ocean circulation; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033384865     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.27.1.231     Document Type: Article

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