Can oceanic freshwater flux amplify global warming?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3417-3430

  Zhang, Liping ^a   Wu, Lixin ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Feedback; Ocean dynamics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FEEDBACKS; FRESHWATER FLUXES; GLOBAL SCALE; GLOBAL WATER CYCLE; HIGH LATITUDES; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; MIDLATITUDES; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; MODEL SIMULATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; STRESS CHANGES; SURFACE OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING; WARM CLIMATES;

AMPLIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; WATER;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 84862086423     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00172.1     Document Type: Article

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