Stabilization of climate regimes by noise in a simple model of the thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2072-2085

  Monahan, Adam Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUOYANCY; EDDY CURRENTS; HYSTERESIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STABILIZATION;

THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION (THC);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY; STABILIZATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036635368     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<2072:SOCRBN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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