The arctic-atlantic thermohaline circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8698-8705

  Eldevik, Tor ^a,b   Nilsen, Jan Even Ø ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atlantic Ocean; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Freshwater; Multidecadal variability; Thermocline circulation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; FRESHWATER; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; THERMOCLINE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

WATER;

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; FRESHWATER; INFLOW; OUTFLOW; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WARM WATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84886260677     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00305.1     Document Type: Article

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