Factors affecting heat transport in an ocean general circulation model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 175-194

  Kamenkovich, Igor ^a,b   Marotzke, Jochem ^a   Stone, Peter H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN;

EID: 0033999994     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0175:FAHTIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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