The generalized heat function

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Greatbatch, Richard J ^a   Zhai, Xiaoming ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

EDDY-INDUCED MIXING; HEAT TRANSPORT; LEVITUS GLOBAL OCEAN DATA SET;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; MIXING; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 38549102670     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031427     Document Type: Article

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