Meridional heat flux of the North Atlantic Ocean

Using self-consistent geostrophic general circulation estimates for the North Atlantic Ocean as determined by an inverse method, I calculate the geostrophic and total meridional heat flux. The result is to a large extent dictated by the assumption of a fixed volume flux through the Florida Straits....

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Main Author: Wunsch, Carl
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1980
Subjects:
Physical Sciences: Geophysics
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC349990
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16592872
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:349990 2023-05-15T17:27:39+02:00 Meridional heat flux of the North Atlantic Ocean Wunsch, Carl 1980-09 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC349990 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16592872 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC349990 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16592872 Physical Sciences: Geophysics Text 1980 ftpubmed 2013-08-29T20:57:12Z Using self-consistent geostrophic general circulation estimates for the North Atlantic Ocean as determined by an inverse method, I calculate the geostrophic and total meridional heat flux. The result is to a large extent dictated by the assumption of a fixed volume flux through the Florida Straits. There is no fundamental discrepancy between oceanic heat fluxes deduced from atmospheric residuals and those estimated directly in the ocean, including the estimates made here, simply because the error bars on all calculations are very large. Text North Atlantic PubMed Central (PMC)
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Meridional heat flux of the North Atlantic Ocean
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description Using self-consistent geostrophic general circulation estimates for the North Atlantic Ocean as determined by an inverse method, I calculate the geostrophic and total meridional heat flux. The result is to a large extent dictated by the assumption of a fixed volume flux through the Florida Straits. There is no fundamental discrepancy between oceanic heat fluxes deduced from atmospheric residuals and those estimated directly in the ocean, including the estimates made here, simply because the error bars on all calculations are very large.
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title Meridional heat flux of the North Atlantic Ocean
title_short Meridional heat flux of the North Atlantic Ocean
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title_full_unstemmed Meridional heat flux of the North Atlantic Ocean
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