Meridional overturning and large-scale circulation of the Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C11, 2000, Pages 26117-26134

  Ganachaud, Alexandre ^a,c,e   Wunsch, Carl ^b   Marotzke, Jochem ^b,d   Toole, John ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034484111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900122     Document Type: Article

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