Recovery of thermohaline circulation under CO2 stabilization and overshoot scenarios

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 200-217

  Nakashiki, Norikazu ^a   Kim, Dong Hoon ^a   Bryan, Frank O ^b   Yoshida, Yoshikatsu ^a   Tsumune, Daisuke ^a   Maruyama, Koki ^a   Kitabata, Hideyuki ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Overshoot scenario; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA LEVEL; STABILITY;

OCEAN TEMPERATURE; OVERSHOOT SCENARIO; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 33750628651     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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