Barrier Layers of the Atlantic Warm Pool: Formation Mechanism and Influence on Weather and Climate

The aim of this research is to study the formation mechanism of Barrier Layers (BL) in the western tropical Atlantic and their influence on the tropical Atlantic climate at both short and long timescales. Many Coupled General Circulation Models (CGCMs) tend to overestimate the salinity in the Atlant...

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Main Author: Balaguru, Karthik
Other Authors: Chang, Ping
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9214