A diagnostic indicator of the stability of the atlantic meridional overturning circulation in CCSM3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1926-1938

  Liu, Wei ^a   Liu, Zhengyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; STABILITY; WATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC BASIN; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BISTABLES; CIRCULATION STABILITY; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC INDICATORS; FRESH WATER; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84875824730     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00681.1     Document Type: Article

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