The effect of sea-ice extent in the North Atlantic on the stability of the thermohaline circulation in global warming experiments

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 689-699

  Saenko, O A ^a   Eby, M ^a   Weaver, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 3142636777     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0414-0     Document Type: Article

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