Detecting potential changes in the meridional overturning circulation at 26°N in the Atlantic

Climatic Change

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 11-27

  Baehr, Johanna ^a   Keller, Klaus ^b   Marotzke, Jochem ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR DETECTION; RELIABILITY; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING SYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATIONS; DETECTION APPROACHES; DETECTION TIMES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERNAL VARIABILITIES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NATURAL VARIABILITIES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVATION ERRORS; POTENTIAL CHANGES; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGRAPHY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; WIND STRESS;

EID: 54949114670     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9153-z     Document Type: Article

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