Eddy advective and diffusive transports of heat and salt in the Southern Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1376-1393

  Lee, Mei Man ^a   George Nurser, A J ^a   Coward, A C ^a   De Cuevas, B A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; SALINE WATER; SCALING LAWS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EDDY TRANSPORT; GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL; ISOPYCNALS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; EDDY; GLOBAL OCEAN; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MODELING; OXYGEN; SALINITY; TRACER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34250777243     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3057.1     Document Type: Article

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