The effect of Southern Ocean surface buoyancy loss on the deep-ocean circulation and stratification

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3455-3470

  Jansen, Malte F ^a   Nadeau, Louis Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abyssal circulation; Meridional overturning circulation; Ocean dynamics; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; DEEP-OCEAN CIRCULATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEAN DYNAMICS; PALEOCLIMATES; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 85008195332     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0084.1     Document Type: Article

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