Slowdown of the meridional overturning circulation in the upper Pacific Ocean

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6872, 2002, Pages 603-608

  McPhaden, Michael J ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

UPWELLING;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; UPPER OCEAN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH AMERICA; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037034026     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415603a     Document Type: Article

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