Stability of the interhemispheric thermohaline circulation in a coupled box model

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 29, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 415-435

  Stone, Peter H ^a   Krasovskiy, Yuriy P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Box model; Interhemispheric thermohaline circulation; Stability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CIRCULATION MODELING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033504992     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(99)00013-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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