Thermohaline circulation hysteresis: A model intercomparison

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Rahmstrof, Stefan ^a   Crucifix, Michel ^b   Ganopolski, Andrey ^a   Goosse, Hugues ^c   Kamenkovich, Igor ^d   Knutti, Reto ^e   Lohmann, Gerrit ^f   Marsh, Robert ^g   Myzak, Lawrence A ^h   Wang, Zhaomin ^h   Weaver, Andrew J ⁱ  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^g NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELS; HYSTERESIS CURVES; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION HYSTERISIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYSTERESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 31544459775     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023655     Document Type: Article

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