Ocean heat uptake and interbasin transport of the passive and redistributive components of surface heating

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 7507-7527

  Garuba, Oluwayemi A ^a   Klinger, Barry A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Ocean circulation; Ocean dynamics; Ocean models; Thermohaline circulation; Tracers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BELT CONVEYORS; CLIMATE MODELS; ENTHALPY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN MODEL; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84994030120     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0138.1     Document Type: Article

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