Abstract: Calculating a streamfunction as function of depth and density is proposed as a new way of analyzing the thermodynamic character of the overturning circulation in the global ocean. The sign of an overturning cell in this ...

Abstract: An objective and quantitative estimate of all mean annual interocean mass transfers together with a picture of the associated mean pathways is presented. The global ocean circulation transfers mass, heat, and salinity ...

Abstract: The effect of the eddy-induced transport (EIT) on the Lagrangian structure of the upper branch of the thermohaline circulation is investigated. The Lagrangian pathways, transport, and flow characteristics such as the ...