Interannual variations in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and its relationship with the net northward heat transport in the South Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Dong, Shenfu ^a   Garzoli, Silvia ^b   Baringer, Molly ^b   Meinen, Christopher ^b   Goni, Gustavo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EXPENDABLE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT; HEAT TRANSPORT; HIGH-DENSITY LINE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; OUT OF PHASE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTH ATLANTIC;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FLOW OF WATER;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 72149131184     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039356     Document Type: Article

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