Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation to Arctic Ocean runoff

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Rennermalm, Asa K ^a   Wood, Eric F ^a   Déry, Stephen J ^b   Weaver, Andrew J ^c   Eby, Michael ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF;

GLOBAL CLIMATE; OCEAN WATER DENSITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OCEANIC CURRENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33750630426     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026124     Document Type: Article

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