Potential predictability of the North Atlantic heat transport based on an oceanic state estimate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8475-8486

  Tiedje, Bente ^a   Köhl, Armin ^a   Baehr, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensembles; Hindcasts; Meridional overturning circulation; Ocean circulation; Oceanic variability

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLES; HINDCASTS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEANIC VARIABILITY;

HEAT TRANSFER; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; TROPICS; VELOCITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GYRE; HEAT TRANSFER; HINDCASTING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84870648851     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00606.1     Document Type: Article

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