Shallow, intermediate, and deep overturning components of the global heat budget

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 530-560

  Talley, Lynne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DEEP WATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER VENTILATION; HEAT BUDGET; INTERMEDIATE WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OVERTURN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041760760     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0530:SIADOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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