The Southern hemisphere westerlies in a warming world: Propping open the door to the deep ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 6382-6390

  Russell, Joellen L ^a   Dixon, Keith W ^b   Gnanadesikan, Anand ^b   Stouffer, Ronald J ^b   Toggweiler, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND;

ANTARCTICA; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; EQUATORWARD-BIASED WESTERLIES; POLEWARD-INTENSIFIED WESTERLY WINDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CLIMATOLOGY;

GLOBAL WARMING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATIFICATION; WESTERLY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33750066671     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3984.1     Document Type: Article

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