Thermohaline circulation in a two-layer model with sloping boundaries and a mid-ocean ridge

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-106

  Andersson, Helén C ^a   Veronis, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal circulation; Bottom topography effects; Model; Ocean circulation; Thermohaline

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STORMS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

VORTICITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CIRCULATION MODELING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VORTICITY;

EID: 0347052768     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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