Mechanisms of interannual variations of the meridional overturning circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-480

  Cabanes, Cécile ^a,b   Lee, Tong ^a   Fu, Lee Lueng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SHEAR FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GYRE; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 40949092327     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3726.1     Document Type: Article

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