Tropical Pacific influences on the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation
Most global climate models simulate a weakening of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation (THC) in response to enhanced greenhouse warming. Both surface warming and freshening in high latitudes, the so-called sinking region, contribute to the weakening of the THC. Some models...
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| Language: | English |
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Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
2003-06-01
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| Series: | Annals of Geophysics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3392 |