Interannual variability in North Pacific heat and freshwater budgets

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1127-1140

  Douglass, Elizabeth ^a   Roemmich, Dean ^a   Stammer, Detlef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Heat budget; Heat transport; Interannual variability; North Pacific Ocean; Salt budget; XBTs

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER;

DATA ASSIMILATION; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT TRANSPORT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; XBTS;

BUDGET CONTROL;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; FRESHWATER INPUT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT TRANSFER; MODEL TEST; SALT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77953140086     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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