Water mass distribution and ventilation time scales in a cost-efficient, three dimensional ocean model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5479-5499

  Muller S A ^a,b   Joos, F ^a   Edwards, N R ^a,c   Stocker, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b The Open University ^*  (Switzerland)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; UNDERWATER HEAT TRANSFER;

DEEP EQUATORIAL UPWELLING; ISOPYCNAL DIFFUSION; MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORT; WATER MASS DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

EID: 33751431788     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3911.1     Document Type: Article

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