Assessing reconstruction techniques of the Atlantic Ocean circulation variability during the last millennium

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2017, Pages 799-819

  Moreno Chamarro, Eduardo ^a,b,c   Ortega, Pablo ^d   González Rouco, Fidel ^a   Montoya, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMOC; Florida Current; Last millennium; Little Ice Age; Pseudo reconstructions; Thermal wind transport

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; RECONSTRUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84964282443     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3111-x     Document Type: Article

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