The effect of a large freshwater perturbation on the glacial North Atlantic Ocean using a coupled general circulation model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4436-4447

  Hewitt, Chris D ^a   Broccoli, A J ^b   Crucifix, M ^a   Gregory, J M ^a   Mitchell, J F B ^a   Stouffer, R J ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE;

COUPLED ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN-SEA ICE SYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATIONS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION (THC);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PERTURBATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33749040887     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3867.1     Document Type: Article

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