Influence of the meridional overturning circulation on tropical atlantic climate and variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1403-1416

  Haarsma, Reindert J ^a   Campos, Edmo ^b   Hazeleger, Wilco ^a   Severijns, Camiel ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS;

EQUATORIAL THERMOCLINE; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; THERMOCLINES DEPTH; TROPICAL ATLANTIC CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BAROCLINIC MODE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CYCLE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; THERMOCLINE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 44349097530     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1930.1     Document Type: Article

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