Global radiative adjustment after a collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 1789-1799

  Drijfhout, Sybren S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Atmospheric feedbacks; Bipolar seesaw; Meridional overturning circulation; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84943815198     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2433-9     Document Type: Article

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