The dependence of southern ocean meridional overturning on wind stress

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2261-2278

  Abernathey, Ryan ^a   Marshall, John ^a   Ferreira, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Dynamics; Eddies; Mass fluxes transport; Mixing; Ocean circulation; Ocean dynamics; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; EDDIES; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

HEAT FLUX;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BUOYANCY FORCING; EDDY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ENERGY BALANCE; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; ZONAL FLOW;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84856112463     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-023.1     Document Type: Article

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