Sensitivity of a global ocean model to increased run-off from Greenland

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 416-435

  Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a   Hurlin, William ^b   Griffies, Stephen M ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fresh water flux; Ice sheet mass balance; Ocean circulation; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RUNOFF; SALINE WATER; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY BALANCE MODEL (EBM); FRESH WATER FLUX; GLOBAL OCEAN-SEA ICE MODEL; ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SURFACE SALINITY CLIMATOLOGY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHEET; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 30044448454     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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