Dynamics of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Part 2: Forcing by winds and buoyancy

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-176

  Schloesser, F ^a   Furue, R ^a   McCreary, J P ^a   Timmermann, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; COASTAL STRUCTURES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; STANDARD SOLUTIONS; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUX; VERTICAL DIFFUSION; WESTERN BOUNDARY LAYER;

BUOYANCY; DAMPING; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MECHANICAL WAVES; WIND STRESS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MANGANESE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; DEEP WATER; GYRE; KELVIN WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; ROSSBY WAVE; THERMOCLINE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONVERGENCE; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; MODEL VALIDATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84890984222     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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