Oscillatory sensitivity of Atlantic overturning to high-latitude forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Czeschel, Lars ^a   Marshall, David P ^b   Johnson, Helen L ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; BUOYANCY FORCING; DEEP WATER; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; HIGH LATITUDES; IMPULSIVE FORCING; LEADTIME; MODEL STUDY; OSCILLATORY FUNCTIONS; SUBPOLAR GYRES; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUX;

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; TIME SERIES;

BUOYANCY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUOYANCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; GYRE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIME SERIES; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 77953068608     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043177     Document Type: Article

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