On the role of eddies and surface forcing in the heat transport and overturning circulation in marginal seas

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4844-4858

  Spall, Michael A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; Forcing; Meridional overturning circulation; North Atlantic Ocean; Seas gulfs bays; Transport

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; FORCING; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SEAS/GULFS/BAYS; TRANSPORT;

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MESOSCALE EDDY; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 80053144364     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4130.1     Document Type: Article

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