Large-scale ocean heat and freshwater transports during the world ocean circulation experiment

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 696-705

  Ganachaud, Alexandre ^a   Wunsch, Carl ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; FRESHWATER; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0141453236     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0696:LSOHAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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