Ocean science: Influence of the atlantic subpolar gyre on the thermohaline circulation

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5742, 2005, Pages 1841-1844

  Hátún, Hjálmar ^a,b   Sande, Anne Britt ^c,d   Drange, Helge ^c,d,e,f   Hansen, Bogi ^a   Valdimarsson, Heoinn ^g  

^a Faroese Fisheries Laboratory   (Faroe Islands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^g MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FRESHWATER SUPPLY; GYRE CIRCULATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION (THC);

SALINE WATER;

FRESHWATER INPUT; GYRE; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY;

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

EID: 24944433010     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114777     Document Type: Article

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