Closure of the meridional overturning circulation through Southern Ocean upwelling

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-180

  Marshall, John ^a   Speer, Kevin ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNWELLING; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; UPWELLING; WATER DEPTH; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84857867380     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1391     Document Type: Review

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