The Ocean Circulation in Thermohaline Coordinates
The thermohaline streamfunction is presented. The thermohaline streamfunction is the integral of transport in temperature-salinity space and represents the net pathway of oceanic water parcels in that space. The thermohaline streamfunction is proposed as a diagnostic to understand the global oceanic...
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| Language: | English |
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2012-05.
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