The role of the thermohaline circulation in abrupt climate change

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6874, 2002, Pages 863-869

  Clark, Peter U ^a   Pisias, Nicklas G ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^b   Weaver, Andrew J ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PARAMETERIZATION; THERMOHALINES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037148777     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415863a     Document Type: Review

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