Atlantic deep circulation controlled by freshening in the Southern Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Saenko, Oleg A ^a   Weaver, Andrew J ^a   Schmittner, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFUSION; HEAT CONVECTION; MOISTURE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

MOISTURE TRANSPORT; AIR-SEA HEAT FLUX; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

OCEAN CURRENTS; HEAT FLUX;

HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PYCNOCLINE;

EID: 0141942117     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017681     Document Type: Article

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