Optimal surface salinity perturbations influencing the thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2789-2808

  Sévellec, Florian ^a,b   Jelloul, Mahdi Ben ^a   Huck, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

OCEAN THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION INTENSITY;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CIRCULATION MODELING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PERTURBATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 38549115590     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3680.1     Document Type: Article

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