Atmospheric moisture transport moderates climatic response to the opening of drake passage

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2483-2493

  Sijp, Willem P ^a   England, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATIC RESPONSE; COUPLED MODELS; DEEPWATER; DRAKE PASSAGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MIDLATITUDE; MIDLATITUDES; MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; POLEWARD HEAT TRANSPORT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STORM TRACK;

ATMOSPHERICS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; MOISTURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM; STORM TRACK; WARMING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 66849106700     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2476.1     Document Type: Article

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