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, Nadeau, Louis-Philippe, Marshall, David P., Allison, Lesley C., Johnson, Helen L.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: American Meteorological Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117093
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3736-1956