Passive mechanism of decadal variation of thermohaline circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Sun, Liang ^a   Mu, Mu ^b   Sun, De Jun ^a   Yin, Xie Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 24944464047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC002897     Document Type: Article

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