Impacts of interruption of the Agulhas leakage on the tropical Atlantic in coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 989-1003

  Haarsma, Reindert J ^a   Campos, Edmo J D ^b   Drijfhout, Sybren ^a   Hazeleger, Wilco ^a   Severijns, Camiel ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agulhas leakage; Atlantic ocean; Climate variability; Numerical modelling; Ocean atmosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EKMAN PUMPING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; THERMOCLINE; TRADE WIND; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 79952241346     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0692-7     Document Type: Article

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