Strengths and weaknesses of the global ocean conveyor: Inter-basin freshwater disparities as the major control

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 358-369

  Haupt, Bernd J ^a   Seidov, Dan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

GLOBAL CONVEYOR; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRESHWATER; GLOBAL OCEAN; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34250166888     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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