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How to run a minimalist's global ocean conveyor

Author(s) -

Seidov Dan,

Haupt Bernd J.

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

geophysical research letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007

H-Index - 273

eISSN - 1944-8007

pISSN - 0094-8276

DOI - 10.1029/2005gl022559

Subject(s) - thermohaline circulation , oceanography , shutdown of thermohaline circulation , northern hemisphere , ocean current , climatology , ocean observations , geology , physical oceanography , southern hemisphere , circulation (fluid dynamics) , ocean heat content , salinity , north atlantic deep water , physics , thermodynamics

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.

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