A global analysis of sverdrup balance using absolute geostrophic velocities from argo

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1213-1229

  Gray, Alison R ^a   Riser, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPICS; VELOCITY;

BAROTROPIC FLOWS; BOUNDARY REGIONS; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; PRESSURE SURFACE; REFERENCE LEVELS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ARGO; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; WIND STRESS;

EID: 84898008397     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0206.1     Document Type: Article

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