Formation of salinity maximum water and its contribution to the overturning circulation in the North Atlantic as revealed by a global general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1982-1994

  Qu, Tangdong ^a   Gao, Shan ^a,b   Fukumori, Ichiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

formation; North Atlantic; overturning circulation; salinity maximum

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; LASERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

FORMATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SALINITY MAXIMUM; SALINITY MAXIMUM WATERS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

EKMAN LAYER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GYRE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE SALINITY; THERMOCLINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 84878045427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20152     Document Type: Article

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