Meridional transport and heat flux variations in the subtropical North Atlantic

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-293

  Lavin A ^a   Bryden, H L ^b   Parrilla, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Meridional circulation; North Atlantic subtropical gyre; Ocean heat transport; Transport in temperature classes; Water masses

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032449654     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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