The energetics of global thermohaline circulation and its wind enhancement

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1715-1728

  Urakawa, L Shogo ^a   Hasumi, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABBELING; ENERGY BUDGETS; GENERAL CIRCULATION; GLOBAL THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; LARGE PARTS; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING;

BUDGET CONTROL; ENERGY CONVERSION; GRAVITATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

WIND POWER;

ENERGY BUDGET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 67949117240     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4073.1     Document Type: Article

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