The parameterisation of Mediterranean-Atlantic water exchange in the Hadley Centre model HadCM3, and its effect on modelled North Atlantic climate

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-16

  Ivanovic, Ruza F ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^a   Flecker, Rachel ^a   Gregoire, Lauren J ^a   Gutjahr, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Gibraltar Straits; Marine gateway; Mediterranean outflow; North Atlantic circulation

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; FRESH WATER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GIBRALTAR STRAIT; GLOBAL OCEAN CIRCULATION; MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW; MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW WATERS; MIXING COEFFICIENT; MODELLING STUDIES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; SALINITY FLUXES; SIMULATING FLOWS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; WATER EXCHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELS; MOORING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CIRCULATION MODELING; HADLEY CELL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84871147333     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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