Mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean determined by inverse methods

Inverse methods are applied to historical hydrographic data to address two aspects of the general circulation of the Atlantic Ocean. The method allows conservation statements for mass and other properties, along with a variety of other constraints, to be combined in a dynamically consistent way to e...

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Main Author: Rintoul, Stephen Rich
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1988
Subjects:
OCEANOGRAPHY
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19880012242
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spelling ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19880012242 2023-05-15T17:31:53+02:00 Mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean determined by inverse methods Rintoul, Stephen Rich Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Mar 1, 1988 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19880012242 unknown Document ID: 19880012242 Accession ID: 88N21626 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19880012242 Copyright, Distribution under U.S. Government purpose rights CASI OCEANOGRAPHY NASA-CR-180535 NAS 1.26:180535 1988 ftnasantrs 2019-07-21T09:24:12Z Inverse methods are applied to historical hydrographic data to address two aspects of the general circulation of the Atlantic Ocean. The method allows conservation statements for mass and other properties, along with a variety of other constraints, to be combined in a dynamically consistent way to estimate the absolute velocity field and associated property transports. The method was first used to examine the exchange of mass and heat between the South Atlantic and the neighboring ocean basins. The second problem addressed concerns the circulation and property fluxes across the 24 and 36 deg N in the subtropical North Atlantic. Conservation statements are considered for the nutrients as well as mass, and the nutrients are found to contribute significant information independent of temperature and salinity. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
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Rintoul, Stephen Rich
Mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean determined by inverse methods
topic_facet OCEANOGRAPHY
description Inverse methods are applied to historical hydrographic data to address two aspects of the general circulation of the Atlantic Ocean. The method allows conservation statements for mass and other properties, along with a variety of other constraints, to be combined in a dynamically consistent way to estimate the absolute velocity field and associated property transports. The method was first used to examine the exchange of mass and heat between the South Atlantic and the neighboring ocean basins. The second problem addressed concerns the circulation and property fluxes across the 24 and 36 deg N in the subtropical North Atlantic. Conservation statements are considered for the nutrients as well as mass, and the nutrients are found to contribute significant information independent of temperature and salinity.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Rintoul, Stephen Rich
author_facet Rintoul, Stephen Rich
author_sort Rintoul, Stephen Rich
title Mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean determined by inverse methods
title_short Mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean determined by inverse methods
title_full Mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean determined by inverse methods
title_fullStr Mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean determined by inverse methods
title_full_unstemmed Mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the Atlantic Ocean determined by inverse methods
title_sort mass, heat and nutrient fluxes in the atlantic ocean determined by inverse methods
publishDate 1988
url http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19880012242
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op_rights Copyright, Distribution under U.S. Government purpose rights
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