Sentences with phrase «for ocean circulation»
So the [theoretical] errors in the measurements are of the same order of magnitude as the changes being reported [at least for ocean circulation].
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Energy for the ocean circulation (and for the atmospheric circulation) comes from solar radiation and gravitational energy from the sun and moon.
Although considerable progress has been made, further improvements to the historical record are still needed, particularly in accounting for ocean circulation changes.
Therefore, the finding that surface heat flux is out of the ocean at low frequencies does not demonstrate an important role for the ocean circulation in driving the AMO.
In the early 1990s the TOPEX (Topography Experiment for Ocean Circulation) / Poseidon satellite, a joint American - French mission, shot into orbit armed with radar altimeters to measure the height of the sea surface.
The Laurentide Ice Sheet, the major driving force for ocean circulation during the glacials, has also disappeared.
What's most relevant about plate tectonics is that the world will not get out of it's current coldhouse phase until the plates move and open up a gap for ocean circulation around the planet near the tropics.
Figuring out the mechanisms for ocean circulation modes depends on the evidence from paleoclimate, and on the stabilities seen via the great computer simulations.
Surface freshwater plays an important role for ocean circulation by its influence on the formation of deep water masses.
Although models of improved resolution for ocean circulation are being developed, they do not yet incorporate biogeochemical properties.
«We found evidence that what happens in the stratosphere matters for the ocean circulation and therefore for climate,» says Thomas Reichler, senior author of the study published online Sunday, Sept. 23 in the journal Nature Geoscience.
This new analysis shows that the pattern of the AMO can be accounted for by atmospheric circulation alone, without any role for the ocean circulation.
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