Surface wind-stress threshold for glacial Atlantic overturning
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Surface wind-stress threshold for glacial Atlantic overturning
[1] Using a coupled model of intermediate complexity the sensitivity of the last glacial maximum (LGM) Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) to the strength of surface wind-stress is investigated. A threshold is found below which North Atlantic deep water formation (DWF) takes place south of Greenland and the AMOC is relatively weak. Above this threshold, DWF occurs north of the Gr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2007gl032560