Stability of the Mediterranean's thermohaline circulation under modified surface evaporative fluxes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Myers, Paul G ^a   Haines, Keith ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux forcing; Hydraulic control; Mediterranean; Multiple equilibria; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037088864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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