Atlantic meridional overturning and climate response to Arctic Ocean freshening

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Peltier, W R ^a   Vettoretti, G ^a   Stastna, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRESHWATER; GLOBAL DEGLACIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MERIDIONAL OVERTUNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; ICE SHEET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33646445510     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025251     Document Type: Article

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