Meridional heat transport by the subtropical cell

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 696-705

  Klinger, Barry A ^a,d   Marotzke, Jochem ^b,c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0034022303     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0696:MHTBTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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