Reconstructing the meridional overturning circulation from boundary densities and the zonal wind stress

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 743-763

  Hirschi, J ^a   Marotzke, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

BOUNDARY DENSITIES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SEAWATER DENSITIES; WATER COLUMN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND STRESS; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 33947535921     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3019.1     Document Type: Article

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