How to run a minimalist's global ocean conveyor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Seidov, Dan ^a   Haupt, Bernd J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; BELT CONVEYORS; CONVEYORS;

GLOBAL OCEAN CONVEYOR; MODERN CLIMATOLOGY; THERMOHALINE OCEAN CIRCULATION;

CONVEYORS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRESHWATER INPUT; GLOBAL OCEAN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CONVEYOR BELTS; GLOBAL OCEAN CONVEYOR; MODERN CLIMATOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THERMOHALINE OCEAN CIRCULATION;

EID: 21844456678     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022559     Document Type: Article

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