The role of interocean exchanges on decadal variations of the meridional heat transport in the South Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1498-1511

  Dong, Shenfu ^a   Garzoli, Silvia ^b   Baringer, Molly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; General circulation models; Ocean models; South Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EARTH SIMULATORS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INDIAN OCEAN; MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORTS; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEAN MODEL; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TIME-SCALES;

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT TRANSFER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80052354484     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4549.1     Document Type: Article

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