Seasonal and low-frequency variability of the meridional heat flux at 36°N in the North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 606-621

  Sato, Olga T ^a   Rossby, T ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034015888     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0606:SALFVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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