Circulation, heat, and freshwater transport at 36°N in the Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2661-2678

  McDonagh, Elaine L ^a   McLeod, Paula ^a   King, Brian A ^a   Bryden, Harry L ^a   Valdés, Sinhué Torres ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Freshwater; Heating; Transport

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERING STRAIT; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; HEAT TRANSPORT; INVERSE METHODS; LABRADOR SEA; MESOSCALE; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NET INPUTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OVERTURNING STREAMFUNCTION; TRANSPORT; VELOCITY FIELD;

HEAT FLUX; HEATING; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRESHWATER INPUT; GYRE; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OVERTURN; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BERING STRAIT;

EID: 79251485646     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4176.1     Document Type: Article

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