Global climatic impacts of a collapse of the atlantic thermohaline circulation

Global climatic impacts of a collapse of the atlantic thermohaline circulation

Part of the uncertainty in predictions by climate models results from limited knowledge of the stability of the thermohaline circulation of the ocean. Vellinga and Wood provide estimates of the response of pre-industrial surface climate variables should the thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic O...

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Veröffentlicht in:Climatic change 2002-08, Vol.54 (3), p.251-267
Hauptverfasser: VELLINGA, Michael, WOOD, Richard A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Atmosphere
Climate change
Climate models
Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Experiments
External geophysics
General circulation models
Global climate
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Measurement
Meteorology
Ocean circulation
Oceans
Physics of the oceans
Precipitation
Productivity
Salinity
Sea-air exchange processes
Thermohaline circulation
Vegetation
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Zusammenfassung:Part of the uncertainty in predictions by climate models results from limited knowledge of the stability of the thermohaline circulation of the ocean. Vellinga and Wood provide estimates of the response of pre-industrial surface climate variables should the thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic Ocean collapse.
ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1023/A:1016168827653