Stability of the thermohaline circulation examined with a one-dimensional fluid loop

Fabien Roquet; Rickard Lindqvist; Friederike Pollmann; David Ferreira; Gurvan Madec

doi:10.1080/16000870.2017.1380490

Stability of the thermohaline circulation examined with a one-dimensional fluid loop

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Volume 69 (2017): Issue 1

By: Fabien Roquet, Rickard Lindqvist, Friederike Pollmann, David Ferreira and Gurvan Madec

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2017.1380490 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Aug 22, 2017

Accepted on: Sep 11, 2017

Published on: Jan 1, 2017

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

thermohaline circulation,

box model,

linear stability,

thermohaline loop,

Meridional Overturning Circulation

© 2017 Fabien Roquet, Rickard Lindqvist, Friederike Pollmann, David Ferreira, Gurvan Madec, published by Stockholm University Press
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