Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation in coupled oceanic GCM — atmospheric EBM experiments
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Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation in coupled oceanic GCM – atmospheric EBM experiments
We analyze the sensitivity of the oceanic thermohaline circulation (THC) regarding perturbations in fresh water flux for a range of coupled oceanic general circulation – atmospheric energy balance models. The energy balance model (EBM) predicts surface air temperature and fresh water flux and contains the feedbacks due to meridional transports of sensible and latent heat. In the coupled system ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Climate Dynamics
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0930-7575,1432-0894
DOI: 10.1007/bf00211686