A systematic approach to determine thresholds of the ocean's thermohaline circulation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 362-370

  Dijkstra, Henk A ^a   Te Raa, Lianke ^a   Weijer, Wilbert ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THRESHOLD;

EID: 3843149577     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2004.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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