The diffusive ocean conveyor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Holzer, Mark ^a,b,c,d   Primeau, François W ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVEYORS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEAWATER;

EDDY DIFFUSION; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODELS; GREAT OCEAN CONVEYOR (GOC); PATH-DENSITY TRANSPORT DIAGNOSTICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DEEP WATER; DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33845615785     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026232     Document Type: Article

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