The response of the large-scale ocean circulation to 20th century Asian and non-Asian aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2761-2767

  Cowan, T ^a,b   Cai, W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic aerosols; ocean circulation; thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; LARGE-SCALE OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COOLING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84879943033     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50587     Document Type: Article

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