Changes in ocean ventilation during the 21st Century in the CCSM3

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 141-156

  Bryan, Frank O ^a   Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^a   Gent, Peter R ^a   Lindsay, Keith ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean ventilation; Water mass age

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

GLOBAL MEAN AGE; OCEAN VENTILATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS AGE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; THERMOCLINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 33750607642     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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