Overturning circulation in an eddy-resolving model: The effect of the pole-to-pole temperature gradient

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-142

  Wolfe, Christopher L ^a   Cessi, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATERS; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; CHANNEL TEMPERATURES; DEEP CELLS; DEEP WATERS; LAMINAR THEORIES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MESO-SCALE EDDIES; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATERS; NORTH POLES; OCEAN MODELS; OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; SINKING SITES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; WATER MASS;

BATHYMETRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

POLES;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OVERTURN; PREDICTION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 65549163872     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3991.1     Document Type: Article

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