Internal and forced variability along a section between Greenland and Portugal in the CLIPPER Atlantic model

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 568-580

  Treguier, Anne Marie ^a   Gourcuff, Claire ^a   Lherminier, Pascale ^a   Mercier, Herle ^a   Barnier, Bernard ^b   Madec, Gurvan ^c   Molines, Jean Marc ^b   Penduff, Thierry ^b   Czeschel, Lars ^d   Böning, Claus ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LEGI   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate variability; North Atlantic; Ocean model; Oceanography; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; OCEAN MODEL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EDDY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845966758     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-006-0069-y     Document Type: Article

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