Slowing of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 25° N

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7068, 2005, Pages 655-657

  Bryden, Harry L ^a   Longworth, Hannah R ^a   Cunningham, Stuart A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LATITUDE; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; TRANSATLANTIC SECTION;

WATER;

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COLD; EUROPE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 28444480226     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04385     Document Type: Article

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