Local and remote wind stress forcing of the seasonal variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) transport at 26.5N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2488-2503

  Yang, Jiayan ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantio Overturning Circulation; RAPID MOCHA array; remote forcing; seasonal variability; transport; wind stress

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MOTION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; WATER MASS; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 85027920957     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010317     Document Type: Article

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