Impact of freshwater release in the north atlantic under different climate conditions in an OAGCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 6377-6403

  Swingedouw, Didier ^a   Mignot, Juliette ^b   Braconnot, Pascale ^c   Mosquet, Eloi ^c   Kageyama, Masa ^c   Alkama, Ramdane ^d  

^a CERFACS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATE STABILITY; CLIMATIC RESPONSE; DENSITY THRESHOLD; FRESHWATER INPUTS; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HEAT TRANSPORT; HOLOCENES; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MELTING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MELTWATER PULSE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SEA-ICE COVER; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

GLACIERS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FRESHWATER INPUT; HEAT FLUX; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 77049104858     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3028.1     Document Type: Article

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