Changes in the global heat transport and eddy-mean flow interaction associated with weaker thermohaline circulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2255-2270

  Machado, Jeferson Prietsch ^a   Justino, Flavio ^a   Pezzi, Luciano Ponzi ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Baroclinic activity; Heat transport; Storm tracks; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HEAT; BAROCLINIC; COUPLED MODELS; EDDY ACTIVITY; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EDDY-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION; EXTRATROPICAL; FRESHWATER FLUXES; HEAT TRANSPORT; MEAN FLOW; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PETAWATT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE FLUX; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; TRANSIENT WAVES; ZONAL FLOWS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; WATER;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BAROCLINIC MOTION; EDDY; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC ENERGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84872374790     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3411     Document Type: Article

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