Eddy heat flux in the Sourthern ocean: Response to variable wind forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 608-620

  Hogg, Andrew McC ^a   Meredith, Michael P ^b   Blundel, Jeffrey R ^c   Wilson, Chris ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND; WIND STRESS;

EDDY HEAT FLUX; OCEAN WARMING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRENGTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EDDY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC ENERGY; MODELING; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 40849085219     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1925.1     Document Type: Article

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