Enhanced warming of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean under climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 118-132

  Saba, Vincent S ^a   Griffies, Stephen M ^a   Anderson, Whit G ^a   Winton, Michael ^a   Alexander, Michael A ^b   Delworth, Thomas L ^a   Hare, Jonathan A ^c   Harrison, Matthew J ^a   Rosati, Anthony ^a   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Climate Change; Gulf Stream; High Resolution Global Climate Model; Northwest Atlantic Ocean; U.S. Northeast Continental Shelf

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UPPER OCEAN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); GULF STREAM; LABRADOR CURRENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959515024     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011346     Document Type: Article

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