Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation to modern and glacial surface boundary conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C4, 2001, Pages 6853-6867

  Fieg, Kerstin ^a   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0034946279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000102     Document Type: Article

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