Signal propagation related to the North Atlantic overturning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Getzlaff, J ^a   Boning C W ^a   Eden, C ^a   Biastoch, A ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; HEAT FLUX; OSCILLATIONS;

BOUNDARY WAVES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION (MOC); NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO); SIGNAL PROPAGATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

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

EID: 21044453178     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021002     Document Type: Article

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