Observational evidence for a cross frontal heat pump in the Southern Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Ansorge, I J ^a   Lutjeharms, J R E ^a   Swart, N C ^a   Durgadoo, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EDDY CURRENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

EDDY HEAT TRANSPORT; GLOBAL THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; LONGEVITY;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EDDY; FRONTAL FEATURE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SALT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 34047192166     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026174     Document Type: Article

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