Sensitivity of the ocean's deep overturning circulation to easterly Antarctic winds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Stewart, Andrew L ^a   Thompson, Andrew F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; WIND STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP CELLS; DEEP OCEAN; DENSE ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATERS; FUTURE CLIMATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE WIND STRESS; THOMPSON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EASTERLY WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; OXYGEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VENTILATION; WESTERLY; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84867005200     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053099     Document Type: Article

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