Warren revisited: Atmospheric freshwater fluxes and "Why is no deep water formed in the North Pacific"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Emile Geay, Julien ^a   Cane, Mark A ^b   Naik, Naomi ^b   Seager, Richard ^b   Clement, Amy C ^b   van Geen, Alexander ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric freshwater transports; Monsoons; North Pacific Deep Water; Sea surface salinity; Thermohaline circulation asymmetries

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DEEP WATER FORMATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141613138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001058     Document Type: Article

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