Surface flux and ocean heat transport convergence contributions to seasonal and interannual variations of ocean heat content

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 726-744

  Roberts, C D ^a,b   Palmer, M D ^a   Allan, R P ^c   Desbruyeres, D G ^d   Hyder, P ^a   Liu, C ^c   Smith, D ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

heat budget; heat content; heat transports; interannual; surface fluxes; variability

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONVERGENCE; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 85011301411     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012278     Document Type: Article

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