Estimation of the Agulhas ring impacts on meridional heat fluxes and transport using ARGO floats and satellite data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Souza, J M A C ^a   De Boyer Montegut C ^a   Cabanes, C ^b   Klein, P ^b  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION;

ANNUAL MEAN; ARGO FLOAT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FIRST ORDER; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MAIN PROCESS; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; PHASE SHIFTED; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER REGIONS;

HEAT FLUX;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARGO; CURRENT RING; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VERTICAL PROFILE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 80455164774     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049359     Document Type: Article

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