Global ocean circulation modes derived from a multiple box model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1811-1823

  Kahana, Ron ^a   Bigg, Grant R ^b   Wadley, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEPWATER FORMATION; SURFACE DENSITY; SURFACE FORCING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EVAPORATION; MELTING; OCEAN CURRENTS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALINE WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DENSITY; GLOBAL OCEAN; MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 4444316380     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1811:GOCMDF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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