Detecting changes in the meridional overturning circulation at 26°N in the Atlantic from observations

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1833-1836

  Baehr, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density gradient; Detection; MOC; Observing system

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SIGNALS; DENSITY GRADIENTS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MOC; NATURAL VARIABILITY; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; RELIABLE DETECTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DETECTION METHOD; HYDROGRAPHY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OBSERVATORY; OVERTURN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79960329914     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.062     Document Type: Article

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