Multiple sea-ice states and abrupt MOC transitions in a general circulation ocean model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1803-1817

  Ashkenazy, Yosef ^a   Losch, Martin ^b   Gildor, Hezi ^c   Mirzayof, Dror ^a   Tziperman, Eli ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy moisture balance model; Glacial interglacial oscillations; Hysteresis; MITgcm; Multiple sea ice states; Oceanic general circulation model; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEEP WATER; HYSTERESIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; SEA ICE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84875702984     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1546-2     Document Type: Article

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