Wind-driven seasonal cycle of the atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1541-1562

  Zhao, Jian ^a   Johns, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Circulation Dynamics; Meridional overturning circulation; Rossby waves; Seasonal variability; Variability

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL WAVES; TROPICS;

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; VARIABILITY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84900539885     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0144.1     Document Type: Article

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