The stability of thermohaline circulation in a two-box model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3101-3110

  Park, Young Gyu ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Institute of Global Environment and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; MASS TRANSPORT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033503819     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<3101:TSOTCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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