Estimation of heat and freshwater transports in the North Pacific using high-resolution expendable bathythermograph data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Uehara, Hiroki ^a,b   Kizu, Shoichi ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a   Yoshikawa, Yasushi ^c   Roemmich, Dean ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

CONVERGENCE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; HEAT TRANSFER; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 42549167461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004165     Document Type: Article

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