Multidecadal and multicentennial variability of the meridional overturning circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Park, W ^a   Latif, M ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CONTROL INTEGRATIONS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITIES; NORTH ATLANTIC; SEA ICE EXTENTS; SEA-ICE COVERS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; SOUTHERN OCEANS; TIME-SCALES;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; ICE COVER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OVERTURN; SEA ICE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 60149097542     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035779     Document Type: Article

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