Optimal surface excitation of the thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1820-1830

  Zanna, Laure ^a   Tziperman, Eli ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION MECHANISMS; COMPLEMENTARY METHODS; COMPLEX MODELS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; L INFINITIES; L2 NORMS; LINEARIZED DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES; MAXIMUM VALUES; MEAN FLOWS; MEAN TEMPERATURES; NONNORMAL; OCEAN SURFACES; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; POLAR AREAS; SIMPLE MODELS; SINGULAR PROBLEMS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STOCHASTIC SURFACES; SUM OF SQUARES; SURFACE EXCITATIONS; SURFACE FORCING; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; TIME-SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AMPLIFICATION;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STOCHASTICITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 43149086783     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3752.1     Document Type: Article

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