supported by National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No. 2012CB955200);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41130105,40776017);Open Project of KLME,NUIST(Grant No. LLME0507);Special Public Sector Research of CMA,China(Grant No. GYHY200906016);a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD)
Atlantic thermohaline circulation(THC) is a key component of the Earth Climate System and identification of its changes during the 20th Century is critical to the understanding of its variation characteristics and the...