Atlantic meridional ocean heat transport at 26° N: Impact on subtropical ocean heat content variability

Ocean Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1057-1069

  Sonnewald, M ^a,b   J M Hirschi, J ^a   Marsh, R ^b   McDonagh, E L ^a   King, B A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; DOMINANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEAN BASIN; OVERTURN; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84893040796     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-9-1057-2013     Document Type: Article

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