Response of the overturning circulation to high-latitude fresh-water perturbations in the North Atlantic

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-372

  Cheng, W ^a   Rhines, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SEA ICE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 2342444455     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-003-0385-6     Document Type: Article

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