The World Ocean thermohaline circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1445-1460

  Döös, Kristofer ^a   Nilsson, Johan ^a   Nycander, Jonas ^a   Brodeau, Laurent ^a   Ballarotta, Maxime ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mass fluxes transport; Ocean circulation; Ocean dynamics; Streamfunction; Thermohaline circulation; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION RATES; CONVEYOR BELTS; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; GLOBAL THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; HEAT TRANSPORT; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIABLES; STREAMFUNCTIONS; THERMOHALINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; TURNOVER TIME; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WORLD OCEAN;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TRAJECTORIES; WATER;

BELT CONVEYORS;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

EID: 84868091065     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0163.1     Document Type: Article

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