Variability of deep-ocean mass transport: Spectral shapes and spatial scales

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1916-1935

  Von Storch, Jin Song ^a   Müller, Peter ^b   Stouffer, Ronald J ^c   Voss, Reinhard ^d   Tett, Simon F B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d German Climate Computing Center   (Germany)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DEEP WATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

EID: 0342758678     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1916:VODOMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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