Advances in the research of stability of thermohaline circulation and its decadal variability

SUN Liang; MU Mu

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SUN Liang, MU Mu. Advances in the research of stability of thermohaline circulation and its decadal variability[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2003, 25(4): 111-118.

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SUN Liang, MU Mu. Advances in the research of stability of thermohaline circulation and its decadal variability[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2003, 25(4): 111-118.

SUN Liang, MU Mu. Advances in the research of stability of thermohaline circulation and its decadal variability[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2003, 25(4): 111-118.

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SUN Liang, MU Mu. Advances in the research of stability of thermohaline circulation and its decadal variability[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2003, 25(4): 111-118.

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Advances in the research of stability of thermohaline circulation and its decadal variability

SUN Liang¹,
MU Mu²

1.
Department of Mechanics Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100029, China
2.
LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100029, China

Received Date: 2002-09-03
Rev Recd Date: 2003-02-25

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Abstract

The advances in the research of thermohaline ocean circulation (THC) are reviewed.Attentions are paid to the stability,multiple equilibrium states and decadal variability of the THC.
- thermohaline circulation (THC),
- stability,
- decadal,
- variability

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