Will Greenland melting halt the thermohaline circulation?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Jungclaus, J H ^a   Haak, H ^a   Esch, M ^a   Roeckner, E ^a   Marotzke, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION (AMOC); GREENLAND'S COAST; MELTWATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GIS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MELTING; MELTWATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LABRADOR SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845635150     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026815     Document Type: Article

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