Higher Laurentide and Greenland ice sheets strengthen the North Atlantic ocean circulation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 139-150

  Gong, Xun ^a,b   Zhang, Xiangdong ^c   Lohmann, Gerrit ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xu ^a   Pfeiffer, Madlene ^a  

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

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Glacial climate states; Ice sheet; North Atlantic gyres; Western boundary current

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GYRE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

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

EID: 84929709459     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2502-8     Document Type: Article

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