North Atlantic MOC variability and the Mediterranean Outflow: A box-model study

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 416-423

  Calmanti, Sandro ^a   Artale, Vincenzo ^a   Sutera, Alfonso ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 33645567512     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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