Low-frequency variations of the large-scale ocean circulation and heat transport in the North Atlantic from 1955-1998 in situ temperature and salinity data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Huck, T ^a,c   De Colin Verdiere A ^a,c   Estrade, P ^a,b   Schopp, R ^a,c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; IN-SITU TEMPERATURE; LARGE-SCALE OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIATIONS; MODEL CONFIGURATION; MULTIDECADAL VARIATIONS; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 60349121587     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035635     Document Type: Article

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