A model of the ocean overturning circulation with two closed basins and a re-entrant 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, R, Nadeau, L, Marshall, D, Allison, L, Johnson, H
Format: Journal article
Published: American Meteorological Society 2017