Sensitivity of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to South Atlantic freshwater anomalies

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 2291-2306

  Cimatoribus, Andrea A ^a   Drijfhout, Sybren S ^a   den Toom, Matthijs ^b   Dijkstra, Henk A ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Biases; Climate models; Freshwater budget; Permanent collapse; Salinity; Salt advection feedback; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPORATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN BASIN; OVERTURN; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84868130438     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1292-5     Document Type: Article

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