Eulerian and eddy-induced meridional overturning circulations in the tropics

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2054-2071

  McWilliams, James C ^a   Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CATCHMENTS; EDDY CURRENTS; HEAT FLUX;

MERIDIONAL STREAMFUNCTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN;

(TROPICAL NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036635277     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<2054:EAEIMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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