Spectral characteristics of the response of the meridional overturning circulation to deep-water formation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1813-1825

  Deshayes, Julie ^a   Frankignoul, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DEEP-WATER FORMATION; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION (MOC); ROSSBY WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 28544436380     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2793.1     Document Type: Article

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