Potential causes of abrupt climate events: A numerical study with a three-dimensional climate model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 7-1

  Goose, H ^a   Renssen, H ^a   Selten, F M ^b   Haarsma, R J ^b   Opsteegh, J D ^b  

^a Z Chemin du Cyclotron   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

SPONTANEOUS TRANSITIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

DEEP OCEAN CONVECTION; HIGH LATITUDES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEANIC THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SPONTANEOUS TRANSITION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

EID: 0242501555     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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