Nonnormal Multidecadal Response of the Thermohaline Circulation Induced by Optimal Surface Salinity Perturbations
International audience Optimal perturbations of sea surface salinity are obtained for an idealized North Atlantic basin using a 3D planetary geostrophic model—optimality is defined with respect to the intensity of the meridional overturning circulation. Both optimal initial and stochastic perturbati...
Published in: | Journal of Physical Oceanography |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Other Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2009
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-00384666 https://hal.science/hal-00384666/document https://hal.science/hal-00384666/file/%5B15200485%20-%20Journal%20of%20Physical%20Oceanography%5D%20Nonnormal%20Multidecadal%20Response%20of%20the%20Thermohaline%20Circulation%20Induced%20by%20Optimal%20Surface%20Salinity%20Perturbations.pdf https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JPO3998.1 |