Effect of Ocean gateway changes under greenhouse warmth

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6639-6652

  Sijp, Willem P ^a   England, Matthew H ^a   Toggweiler, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC CLIMATE; ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; DEEP OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MODELING STUDIES; OCEAN GATEWAY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE MODELS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYNAMIC POSITIONING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77649334782     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3003.1     Document Type: Article

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