Anomalies of meridional overturning: Mechanisms in the North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1455-1472

  Köhl, Armin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND STRESS;

MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; OVERTURNING STREAMFUNCTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 25444524867     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2767.1     Document Type: Article

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