Response of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to a reversal of greenhouse gas increases

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 3323-3336

  Jackson, L C ^a   Schaller, N ^b   Smith, R S ^c   Palmer, M D ^a   Vellinga, M ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMOC; Climate; GCM

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84901926458     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1842-5     Document Type: Article

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