Atlantic Ocean baroclinic heat flux at 24 to 26° N

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-356

  Baringer, Molly O'Neil ^a   Molinari, Robert ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

GEOSTROPHIC BAROCLINIC HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; MERIDIONAL OCEANIC HEAT FLUX;

HEAT FLUX;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIS; BAROCLINIC; OCEANIC HEAT FLUX; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

EID: 0040439534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998gl900323     Document Type: Article

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