Impact of slowdown of Atlantic overturning circulation on heat and freshwater transports

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 7625-7631

  Kelly, Kathryn A ^a   Drushka, Kyla ^a   Thompson, LuAnne ^b   Le Bars, Dewi ^c   McDonagh, Elaine L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMOC; freshwater; heat transport

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; HEAT TRANSFER; WATER;

AMOC; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER FLUXES; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; HEAT TRANSPORT; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TRANSPORT ESTIMATES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONVERGENCE; FRESHWATER; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84979640360     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069789     Document Type: Article

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