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The role of ocean dynamics in the optimal growth of tropical SST anomalies
The role of ocean dynamics in optimally exciting interannual variability of tropical sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies is …
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Optimal Surface Excitation of the Thermohaline Circulation
The amplification of thermohaline circulation (THC) anomalies resulting from heat and freshwater forcing at the ocean surface is …
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Nonnormal Thermohaline Circulation Dynamics in a Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere GCM
Using the GFDL coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation model CM2.1, the transient amplification of thermohaline circulation (THC) …
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Nonnormal Amplification of the Thermohaline Circulation
A simple zonally averaged coupled ocean–atmosphere model, with a relatively high resolution in the meridional direction, is used to …
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