Rapid climatic change and the deep ocean
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Robert G. Watts; Michael Morantine
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Article
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1990
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Springer
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English
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A simple transient two-dimensional (latitude-depth) upwelling-diffusion ocean model coupled with an energy balance climate model is used to determine the surface temperature response to changes in the deep water formation rate. The changes in surface temperature are large and rapid with a large magn