Meridional transport of salt in the global ocean from an eddy-resolving model

Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-255

  Treguier, A M ^a   Deshayes, J ^b   Le Sommer, J ^c   Lique, C ^d   Madec, G ^e   Penduff, T ^c   Molines, J M ^c   Barnier, B ^c   Bourdalle Badie, R ^f   Talandier, C ^a  

^a IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^f MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL OCEAN; GYRE; MASS TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SALT; SEA SURFACE; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; SURFACE WATER; CONVERGENCE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EDDY COVARIANCE; SALINITY;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 85006958166     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-243-2014     Document Type: Article

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