Role of gyration in the oceanic general circulation: Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Jiang, Hua ^a   Huang, Rui Xin ^b   Wang, Hui ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; GENERAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SIMPLE OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATIONS; VOLUME FLUX; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 69549121510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004134     Document Type: Article

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