A model intercomparison of changes in the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Gregory, J M ^a,b   Dixon, K W ^c   Stouffer, R J ^c   Weaver, A J ^d   Driesschaert, E ^e   Eby, M ^d   Fichefet, T ^e   Hasumi, H ^f   Hu, A ^g   Jungclaus, J H ^h   Kamenkovich, I V ⁱ   Levermann, A ^j   Montoya, M ^k   Murakami, S ^l   Nawrath, S ^j   Oka, A ^f   Sokolov, A P ^m   Thorpe, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^l JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^m MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION (THC);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; MODELING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 25844465765     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023209     Document Type: Article

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