Influence of the thermohaline circulation on projected sea level rise

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1997-2001

  Knutti, Reto ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EXPANSION;

GLOBAL MEAN ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN MIXING PARAMETERIZATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0034209933     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1997:IOTTCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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