Surface estimates of the Atlantic overturning in density space in an eddy-permitting ocean model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Grist, Jeremy P ^a   Josey, Simon A ^a   Marsh, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; DENSE WATERS; DENSITY SPACE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; INTERANNUAL; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN MODEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SURFACE DENSITY FLUX; SURFACE ESTIMATES; SURFACE OBSERVATION;

ESTIMATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DENSE WATER; DENSITY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTURN; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 84862549627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007752     Document Type: Article

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