Limited predictability of the future thermohaline circulation close to an instability threshold

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-186

  Knutti, Reto ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); PROBABILITY;

THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BIFURCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP WATER FORMATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THRESHOLD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037079745     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0179:LPOTFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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