Decadal variation of the North Atlantic meridional heat transport and its relation to atmospheric processes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Martin, T ^a   Ruprecht, E ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; STORMS;

MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORT; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; NORWEGIAN SEA; SIBERIA;

EID: 34547976413     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028438     Document Type: Article

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