What processes drive the ocean heat transport?

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 171-186

  Ferrari, Raffaele ^a   Ferreira, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ocean convection; Ocean heat transport; Ocean mixing; Wind

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL MIXING; CLIMATE; COLD WATERS; DIABATIC PROCESS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; HEAT TRANSPORT; HIGH LATITUDES; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN CONVECTION; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; OCEAN MIXING; OCEAN MODEL; SURFACE WINDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); HEAT TRANSFER; STREAM FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GYRE; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMOCLINE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79956266268     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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