Inferring meridional mass and heat transports of the Indian Ocean by fitting a general circulation model to climatological data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C5, 1997, Pages 10585-10602

  Lee, Tong ^a   Marotzke, Jochem ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GCM; HEAT TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0030798689     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00464     Document Type: Article

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