Feedbacks affecting the response of the thermohaline circulation to increasing CO2: A study with a model of intermediate complexity

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-130

  Kamenkovich, I V ^a   Sokolov, A P ^b   Stone, P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0037490330     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-003-0325-5     Document Type: Article

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