Atlantic thermohaline circulation and its response to increasing CO2 in a coupled atmosphere-ocean model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 4223-4226

  Sun, Shan ^a   Bleck, Rainer ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MARINE COUPLINGS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE INTERFACES;

SURFACE BUOYANCY;

GEOPHYSICS; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CIRCULATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODEL; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; THERMOHALINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AIR-SEA INTERFACE; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MODELING; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC COMPONENTS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE CONDITIONS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

EID: 0035891688     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013325     Document Type: Article

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