Abstract
The current paradigm of modern climatology and oceanography is that the thermohaline ocean circulation comprises a so-called global ocean "salinity conveyor belt" - a system of currents connecting the northern North Atlantic and northern North Pacific. A hypothesis is put forth here that a slight disparity in freshwater redistribution between the oceans in the Northern Hemisphere is sufficient to build up and maintain a global conveyor type ocean thermohaline circulation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Geophysical Research Letters |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 16 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Geophysics
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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