Simulated decadal oscillations of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in a cold climate state

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-121

  Yoshimori, Masakazu ^a,b   Raible, Christoph C ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^a   Renold, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Meridional overturning circulation; North Atlantic Oscillation; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 72049117136     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0540-9     Document Type: Article

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