Assessing the stability of the atlantic meridional overturning circulation of the past, present, and future

Journal of Meteorological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 803-819

  Liu, Wei ^a   Liu, Zhengyu ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

AMOC; Deglaciation; Freshwater transports; ITCZ; Stability indicator

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DEGLACIATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN;

EID: 84921365431     PISSN: 20956037     EISSN: 21980934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-014-4006-6     Document Type: Article

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