The Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation: An Introduction

1. Introduction

2. The ocean basins

3. Pressure, temperature, salinity, and some thermohaline dynamics

4. Water mass and tracer analysis of the deep flow in the Atlantic Ocean

5. The deep flow in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific oceans

6. The upper branch of the THC

7. Formation and descent of water masses

8. Dynamics of the THC

9. Deep upwelling and mixing

10. Energetics of the THC

11. Simple models, boundary conditions, and feedbacks

12. The THC and different climates

DRM-restrictions

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General SCI019000