Simulation of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in an atmosphere-ocean global coupled model. Part I: a mechanism governing the variability of ocean convection in a preindustrial experiment.
International audience The thermohaline circulation (THC) is a large scale oceanic circulation driven by density gradients. Its Atlantic component is responsible for a significant part of the northward heat transport of the climate system (Broecker, 1991; Lavin et al., 2003), roughly 1PW over the 6P...
Published in: | Climate Dynamics |
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Main Authors: | , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2008
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Online Access: | https://hal-meteofrance.archives-ouvertes.fr/meteo-00187192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-007-0336-8 |