Meridional heat transport variability at 26.5°N in the North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-174

  Fillenbaum, Eve R ^a,b   Lee, Thomas N ^a   Johns, William E ^a   Zantopp, Rainer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL VARIABILITY; TRANSATLANTIC HEAT FLUX;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030971134     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0153:MHTVAN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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