The relation of meridional pressure gradients to North Atlantic deep water volume transport in an ocean general circulation model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 781-799

  Griesel, Alexa ^a,b   Maqueda, Miguel Angel Morales ^c,d  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

EID: 33645989477     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0122-z     Document Type: Article

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