The influence of ocean convection patterns on high-latitude climate projections

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4316-4329

  Schaeffer, M ^a,b   Selten, F M ^a   Opsteegh, J D ^a   Goosse, H ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE;

GREENLAND-ICELAND-NORWAY (GIN); OCEAN CONVECTION PATTERNS; OCEAN LAYERS; OCEAN MODEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COOLING; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA ICE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 11044227343     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/3174.1     Document Type: Article

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