Sensitivity of the modelled thermohaline circulation to the parameterisation of mixing across the Greenland-Scotland ridge

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 259-268

  Thorpe, R B ^a   Wood, R A ^a   Mitchell, J F B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coupled modelling; Deep water overflows; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP WATER FORMATION; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 2342641030     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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