Effect of the drake passage throughflow on global climate

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1254-1266

  Sijp, Willem P ^a   England, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE;

DRAKE PASSAGE (DP); GLOBAL CLIMATE; SUMMER CONDITIONS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE (SAT);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE FORCING; GLACIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 2942550458     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1254:EOTDPT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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