Observed and modeled meridional overturning circulation related flow into the Caribbean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kirchner, Kerstin ^b   Rhein, Monika ^b   Mertens, Christian ^b   Böning, Claus W ^a   Hüttl, Sabine ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY;

ANNUAL MEAN; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; CARIBBEAN SEA; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; EASTERN SIDE; FLAME MODELS; HIGH VARIABILITY; LESSER ANTILLES; LOWER BOUNDS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MODEL RESULTS; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES;

ESTIMATION METHOD; INFLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WARM WATER;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; LESSER ANTILLES; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67349224904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004320     Document Type: Article

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