Salinity changes along the upper limb of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Blanke, Bruno ^a   Arhan, Michel ^a   Speich, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DIAPYCNAL TRANSFERS; GLOBAL OCEAN CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ISOPYCNAL MODIFICATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC CONVECTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); GULF OF CADIZ; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33646454753     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024938     Document Type: Article

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