The energetics of ocean heat transport

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2604-2616

  Gnanadesikan, Anand ^a   Slater, Richard D ^a   Swathi, P S ^b   Vallis, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE MODELS; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WINDS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ENERGY BUDGET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 23044487437     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3436.1     Document Type: Article

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