The vertical structure of ocean heat transport

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Boccaletti, G ^a   Ferrari, R ^a   Adcroft, A ^b   Ferreira, D ^a   Marshall, J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

HEAT FUNCTION; HEAT TRANSPORT; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 22444439578     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022474     Document Type: Article

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