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contributor authorKraus, Eric B.
contributor authorLevitus, Sydney
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:48:01Z
date available2017-06-09T14:48:01Z
date copyright1986/08/01
date issued1986
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-27055.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4164018
description abstractThe global poleward heat transport by the oceans tends to have a maximum in the vicinity of the Tropic circles. We have investigated the contribution of the Ekman flux to the heat transport in the Pacific and the Atlantic. Two different datasets were used for the Pacific computations. The results suggest that Ekman flows contribute about half of the grow transport in the Atlantic. In the much wider Pacific, they are the dominant influence. The meridional migration of the trade wind belt and the simultaneous seasonal changes in the mixed layer temperature tend to cause the Ekman part of the heat flux to be larger in summer than in winter. Semiannual harmonics in the zonally integrated Ekman heat-transport component can be associated with longitudinal variations of the specific heat flux, due to seasonal position shifts of the atmospheric centers of action.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleAnnual Heat Flux Variations across the Tropic Circles
typeJournal Paper
journal volume16
journal issue8
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1986)016<1479:AHFVAT>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1479
journal lastpage1486
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1986:;Volume( 016 ):;issue: 008
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