Biased thermohaline exchanges with the Arctic across the Iceland-Faroe Ridge in ocean climate models

Ocean Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 545-560

  Olsen, S M ^a   Hansen, B ^b   Osterhus S ^c   Quadfasel, D ^d   Valdimarsson, H ^e  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b FAROE MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Faroe Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEAT TRANSFER; INFLOW; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OUTFLOW; SEA ICE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND-SCOTLAND RIDGE; ICELAND-FAROE RIDGE;

EID: 84966355833     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-12-545-2016     Document Type: Article

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