Recent changes in the North Atlantic

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1810, 2003, Pages 1917-1934

  Dickson, Robert R ^a   Curry, Ruth ^b   Yashayaev, Igor ^c   Reid, P C ^d   Kandel, R ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Climate change; Global water cycle; Meridional overturning circulation; Ocean fluxes; Overflows

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141992556     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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