Tracing the pathways of the upper limb of the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4254-4260

  Burkholder, Kristin C ^a,b   Lozier, M Susan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONEHILL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTH ATLANTIC; UPPER LIMBS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; GYRE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84903222703     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060226     Document Type: Article

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