Continuous estimate of Atlantic oceanic freshwater flux at 26.5°N

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 8888-8906

  McDonagh, Elaine L ^a   King, Brian A ^a   Bryden, Harry L ^a   Courtois, Peggy ^a   Szuts, Zoltan ^b,e   Baringer, Molly ^c   Cunningham, Stuart A ^d   Atkinson, Chris ^a,f   McCarthy, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DUNSTAFFNAGE MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Circulation Dynamics; Freshwater; Meridional overturning circulation; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Salinity

Indexed keywords

TIME SERIES;

FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER FLUXES; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; SALINITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARGO; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINITY;

BERING STRAIT; STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

EID: 84949936836     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00519.1     Document Type: Article

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