Effects of the Pacific diapycnal mixing and wind stress on the global and Pacific meridional overturning circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1876-1890

  Furue, Ryo ^a,b   Endoh, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; WIND STRESS;

DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSION; PACIFIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE CONDITIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 28544442839     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2792.1     Document Type: Article

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