Implications of Arctic sea ice changes for North Atlantic deep convection and the meridional overturning circulation in CCSM4-CMIP5 simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1206-1211

  Jahn, Alexandra ^a   Holland, Marika M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; CMIP5; deep convection; freshwater; meriodional overturning circulation (MOC); sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CMIP5; DEEP CONVECTION; FRESHWATER; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SEA ICE; WATER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ICE COVER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84876182182     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50183     Document Type: Article

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