Diagnostics of the oceanic thermohaline circulation in a coupled climate model

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 233-248

  Bleck, Rainer ^a   Sun, Shan ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate model; HYCOM; Oceanic thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0346333294     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2003.04.002     Document Type: Article

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