Impact of greenland orography on the atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 871-879

  Davini, P ^a,b   Von Hardenberg, J ^a   Filippi, L ^a   Provenzale, A ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMOC; Greenland orography; North Atlantic Circulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

AMOC; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; FRESHWATER INPUTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MASS TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OROGRAPHY; SURFACE WIND; WIND PROFILE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84925140101     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062668     Document Type: Article

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