Mechanisms of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation variability simulated by the NEMO model

Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 645-656

  Stepanov, V N ^a   Haines, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FLOW MODELING; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84904310325     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-645-2014     Document Type: Article

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