Subpolar Gyre Index and the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a Coupled Climate Model

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-32

  Yong Qi, Gao ^a   Lei, Yu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

indicator; North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; subpolar gyre index

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CMIP; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GYRE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84856899734     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2008.11446764     Document Type: Article

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