Poleward Heat Fluxes in Southern Hemisphere OceansSource: Journal of Physical Oceanography:;1978:;Volume( 008 ):;issue: 005::page 785Author:Bennett, A. F.
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1978)008<0785:PHFISH>2.0.CO;2Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A direct estimate of oceanic meridional heat flux at 30°8 yields a result between +1.15 ? 1015 W and +2.27 ? 1015 W. The estimate is based on hydrographic data from individual cruises and climatological wind data. The northward sign of the flux is due largely to the baroclinic flux components, and it contradicts the indirect estimate of Sellers (1966) based on meteorological data only. The mid-ocean eddy field introduces variability into the estimates, but a 95% confidence interval is calculated to be only ±0.8 ? 1015 W. The actual baroclinic heat flux due to the mid-ocean eddies is estimated to be only about 1015 W in magnitude, but the actual barotropic eddy heat flux may be at least as large as 1015 W.
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| contributor author | Bennett, A. F. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:44:50Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:44:50Z | |
| date copyright | 1978/09/01 | |
| date issued | 1978 | |
| identifier issn | 0022-3670 | |
| identifier other | ams-25841.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4162669 | |
| description abstract | A direct estimate of oceanic meridional heat flux at 30°8 yields a result between +1.15 ? 1015 W and +2.27 ? 1015 W. The estimate is based on hydrographic data from individual cruises and climatological wind data. The northward sign of the flux is due largely to the baroclinic flux components, and it contradicts the indirect estimate of Sellers (1966) based on meteorological data only. The mid-ocean eddy field introduces variability into the estimates, but a 95% confidence interval is calculated to be only ±0.8 ? 1015 W. The actual baroclinic heat flux due to the mid-ocean eddies is estimated to be only about 1015 W in magnitude, but the actual barotropic eddy heat flux may be at least as large as 1015 W. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Poleward Heat Fluxes in Southern Hemisphere Oceans | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 8 | |
| journal issue | 5 | |
| journal title | Journal of Physical Oceanography | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0485(1978)008<0785:PHFISH>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 785 | |
| journal lastpage | 798 | |
| tree | Journal of Physical Oceanography:;1978:;Volume( 008 ):;issue: 005 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext |