Wind-forced interannual variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2403-2419

  Zhao, Jian ^a   Johns, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

AMOC; interannual variability; wind forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEAN CURRENTS;

AMOC; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT; INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERNAL ROSSBY WAVES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; WIND FORCING;

METEOROLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 84900527616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009407     Document Type: Article

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