A new index for the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26°N

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6439-6455

  Duchez, A ^a   Hirschi, J J M ^a   Cunningham, S A ^b   Blaker, A T ^a   Bryden, H L ^a   de Cuevas, B ^a   Atkinson, C P ^a,c   McCarthy, G D ^a   Frajka Williams, E ^a   Rayner, D ^a   Smeed, D ^a   Mizielinski, M S ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Marine Institute Oban   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; CURRENT ESTIMATES; DECADAL TIMESCALE; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84906872172     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00052.1     Document Type: Article

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