Transport across 48°N in the Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Journal of physical oceanography Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 733 - 752
• Main Authors: Lumpkin, Rick, Speer, Kevin G., Koltermann, K. Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.04.2008
• Subjects: Data analysis; Data assimilation; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Fluctuations; Fracture zones; Frequencies; Heat transport; Hydrography; Mathematical models; Meteorology; Ocean circulation; Oceanography; Physics of the oceans; Thermohaline structure and circulation. Turbulence and diffusion; Water circulation; Water depth; Atlantic Ocean; North Atlantic; inverse problem; air-sea interface; Box model; thermohaline circulation; Observation data; Hydrographic survey; ocean-atmosphere interaction; heat transfer; mass transfer; ocean circulation

Transports across 48°N in the Atlantic Ocean are estimated from five repeat World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) hydrographic lines collected in this region in 1993–2000, from time-varying air–sea heat and freshwater fluxes north of 48°N, and from a synthesis of these two data sources using inv...