Multidecadal thermohaline circulation variability driven by atmospheric surface flux forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1481-1495

  Delworth, Thomas L ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LOW PASS FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OSCILLATIONS; SEA ICE;

MULTIDECADAL THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; SURFACE FLUX FORCING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034130859     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1481:MTCVDB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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