Potential role of Atlantic Warm Pool-induced freshwater forcing in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Ocean-sea ice model simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 553-574

  Zhang, Liping ^a   Wang, Chunzai ^b   Lee, Sang Ki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Atlantic Warm Pool; Freshwater forcing

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; FRESHWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARM POOL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM;

EID: 84906099872     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2034-z     Document Type: Article

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