Transient response of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to enhanced freshwater input to the Nordic Seas-Arctic Ocean in the Bergen Climate Model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-361

  Otterå, Odd Helge ^a,b   Drange, Helge ^a,b,c,d   Bentsen, Mats ^a,b   Kvamstø, Nils Gunnar ^b,c   Jiang, Dabang ^d  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Nansen Zhu International Research Centre   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 4043145716     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2004.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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