Transient growth and optimal excitation of thermohaline variability

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3427-3435

  Tziperman, Eli ^a   Ioannou, Petros J ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; SALINE WATER;

THERMOHALINE VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0036987462     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3427:TGAOEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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