A wind-induced thermohaline circulation hysteresis and millennial variability regimes

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2446-2457

  Ashkenazy, Yosef ^a   Tziperman, Eli ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND STRESS;

SIMPLE BOX MODEL ANALYSIS; SURFACE FRESHWATER FLUX; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WIND STRESS AMPLITUDE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; HYSTERESIS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 36348941040     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3124.1     Document Type: Article

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