Overturning in the North Atlantic

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 291-315

  Lozier, M Susan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

meridional overturning; ocean circulation; ocean's role in climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SYSTEM; DEEP WATER; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; EARTH'S CLIMATE; HIGH LATITUDES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING; MODELING STUDIES; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN WATER; OCEAN'S ROLE IN CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TRANSPORT OF HEAT; WATER-MASS FORMATION;

EARTH (PLANET); SURFACE WATERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DEEP WATER FORMATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER; WARMING;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 83655202594     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120710-100740     Document Type: Article

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