Meridional energy transport in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system: Compensation and partitioning

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 7151-7166

  Farneti, Riccardo ^a   Vallis, Geoffrey K ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIATION BUDGET; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84877922065     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00133.1     Document Type: Article

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