The total meridional heat flux and its oceanic and atmospheric partition

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4374-4380

  Wunsch, Carl ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLUX; ATMOSPHERIC MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORT; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 29144510035     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3539.1     Document Type: Article

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