Nonnormal amplification of the thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1593-1605

  Zanna, Laure ^a   Tziperman, Eli ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VECTORS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCMS); OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODEL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION (THC); TRANSIENT AMPLIFICATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AMPLIFICATION; ANOMALY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 27144489970     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2777.1     Document Type: Article

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