Variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in the last millennium and two IPCC scenarios

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1925-1947

  Ortega, Pablo ^a,c   Montoya, Marisa ^a,c   González Rouco, Fidel ^a,c   Mignot, Juliette ^a   Legutke, Stephanie ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Forced millennial simulations; Future climate change; Multidecadal variability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; TIMESCALE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84860341173     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1081-6     Document Type: Article

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