Simulated tropical response to a substantial weakening of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1853-1860

  Zhang, Rong ^a   Delworth, Thomas L ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; FRESHWATER; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TROPICAL RESPONSE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24644517485     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3460.1     Document Type: Article

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