Vertical redistribution of oceanic heat content

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3821-3833

  Liang, Xinfeng ^a   Wunsch, Carl ^b   Heimbach, Patrick ^a   Forget, Gael ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Data assimilation; Ocean dynamics; Oceanic variability; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEANIC HEAT CONTENTS; OCEANIC VARIABILITIES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; TRANSPORT; VERTICAL HEAT FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84943654118     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00550.1     Document Type: Article

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