Lack of bipolar see-saw in response to Southern Ocean wind reduction

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Levermann, Anders ^a   Schewe, J ^a   Montoya, M ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA ICE; WIND; WIND STRESS;

BIPOLAR SEE-SAW; OCEAN WIND REDUCTION; OCEANIC HEAT TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALBEDO; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DEGLACIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 38849089280     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030255     Document Type: Article

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