Diagnosing and picturing the North Atlantic segment of the global conveyor belt by means of an ocean general circulation model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1430-1451

  Blanke, Bruno ^a   Arhan, Michel ^a   Speich, Sabrina ^a   Pailler, Karine ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS; MASS TRANSFER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CIRCULATION SCHEMES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; WATER MASS;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036564807     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1430:DAPTNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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