Future changes in internal variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-419

  Drijfhout, Sybren ^a   Hazeleger, Wilco ^a   Selten, Frank ^a   Haarsma, Rein ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Meridional overturning cell; North Atlantic; Subpolar gyre

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GYRE; HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SEA ICE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 38349090222     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0297-y     Document Type: Article

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