Freshwater and heat transports from global ocean synthesis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 394-409

  Valdivieso, M ^a   Haines, K ^a   Zuo, H ^b   Lea, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; WATER;

BERING STRAIT; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; EDDY TRANSPORTS; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; HEAT TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EDDY; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEAT TRANSFER; LATITUDE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84898957272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009357     Document Type: Article

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