The Ocean Circulation in Thermohaline Coordinates

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 708-724

  Zika, Jan D ^a   England, Matthew H ^a   Sijp, Willem P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; EDDY FLUXES; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; MEAN FLOW; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; OCEANIC WATERS; PARAMETERIZED; POTENTIAL DENSITY; RE-PROJECTION; STREAMFUNCTIONS; THERMOHALINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; TIME-SCALES; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; WATER MASS;

ADVECTION; CYTOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

CELLS;

CLIMATE MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER MASS;

EID: 84864523687     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0139.1     Document Type: Article

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