North Atlantic deep water formation and AMOC in CMIP5 models

Ocean Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 609-622

  Heuzé, Céline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CMIP; COOLING; CRYOSPHERE; DEEP WATER; DEEP WATER FORMATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; GYRE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 85026455656     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-13-609-2017     Document Type: Article

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