Linear weakening of the AMOC in response to receding glacial ice sheets in CCSM3

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6252-6258

  Zhu, Jiang ^a   Liu, Zhengyu ^a,b   Zhang, Xu ^c   Eisenman, Ian ^d   Liu, Wei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FEEDBACK; GLACIERS; SEA ICE;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; DEEP CONVECTION; ICE-SHEET RETREAT; MELT-WATER DISCHARGES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONVECTION; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 84907919455     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060891     Document Type: Article

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