Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation response to idealized external forcing

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1709-1726

  Park, W ^a   Latif, M ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC); Climate response to solar forcing; Forced AMOC variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84867103473     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1212-0     Document Type: Article

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