Antartic bottom water variability in a coupled climate model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1870-1893

  Santoso, Agus ^a   England, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONTROL THEORY; FEEDBACK; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT REMOVAL; SEA ICE; SUN; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATERS; ANTARTIC; ATLANTIC; BAROCLINIC WAVES; BOTTOM WATERS; BRINE REJECTIONS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; COUPLED CLIMATE MODELS; DENSITY ANOMALIES; DOMINANT MODES; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSES; FREE REGIONS; HOLOCENE; ICE DRIFTS; ICE GROWTHS; ISOPYCNAL; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; NATURAL VARIABILITIES; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; OUT-FLOWS; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS; PASSIVE TRACERS; SALINITY VARIABILITIES; SALT BUDGETS; SEA ICE MELTING; SEA SURFACE SALINITIES; SEPARATION BOUNDARIES; SURFACE DENSITIES; TIME SCALES; WEDDELL SEAS;

ICE;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE MODELING; DENSITY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INFLOW; OUTFLOW; OVERTURN; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; WARM WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 58049106644     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3741.1     Document Type: Article

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