A Model of the Ocean Overturning Circulation with Two Closed Basins and a Reentrant Channel

Zonally averaged models of the ocean overturning circulation miss important zonal exchanges of waters between the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans. A two-layer, two-basin model that accounts for these exchanges is introduced and suggests that in the present-day climate the overturning circulation is...

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Main Authors: Ferrari, Raffaele (Contributor), Nadeau, Louis-Philippe (Author), Marshall, David P. (Author), Allison, Lesley C. (Author), Johnson, Helen L. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society, 2018-07-24T18:40:59Z.
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