Sensitivity of ventilation rates and radiocarbon uptake to subgrid-scale mixing in ocean models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2802-2827

  England, Matthew H ^b   Rahmstorf, Stefan ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER VENTILATION; MIXING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033507815     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2802:sovrar>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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