Sensitivity of basinwide meridional overturning to diapycnal diffusion and remote wind forcing in an idealized Atlantic-Southern ocean geometry

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 249-266

  Klinger, Barry A ^a   Drijfhout, Sybren ^b   Marotzke, Jochem ^c   Scott, Jeffery R ^d  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN GEOMETRY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MIXING; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141675174     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0249:SOBMOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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