Midlatitude North Atlantic heat transport: A time series based on satellite and drifter data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hobbs, Will R ^a   Willis, Joshua K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; TIME SERIES;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARGO FLOAT; CALCULATION METHODS; HEAT TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORTS; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SHORT PERIODS; SHORT TIME SCALE; SPARSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; SURFACE FLUX;

DATA PROCESSING;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARGO; CORRELATION; CRUISE REPORT; DATA ASSIMILATION; DISPLACEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84856055348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007039     Document Type: Article

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