Meridional density gradients do not control the Atlantic overturning circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 368-380

  De Boer, Agatha M ^a   Gnanadesikan, Anand ^b   Edwards, Neil R ^c   Watson, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; BUOYANCY FLUXES; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; DENSITY GRADIENTS; EQUATION OF STATE; MODEL INTEGRATION; MODEL TEMPERATURES; MODULAR OCEAN MODEL; MOISTURE BALANCE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; REMOTE FORCING; SCALING ANALYSIS; SCALING STUDY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE DENSITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THEORETICAL MODELS; UPPER OCEAN;

EQUATIONS OF STATE; PLASMAS; WIND;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY FORCING; CIRCULATION MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77953339173     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4200.1     Document Type: Article

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