Ocean Heat Transport

International Geophysics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 759-785

  Macdonald, Alison M ^a   Baringer, Molly O ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea heat flux; Energy; Energy balance; Energy budget; Energy transport; Hydrography; Meridional heat transport; Ocean heat; Overturn; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886440108     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.00029-5     Document Type: Chapter

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