Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Plates
- 1 Physical Oceanography: Methods and Dynamical Framework
- 2 Rotating and Shallow–Water Flow
- 3 Two–Dimensional Horizontal Circulation
- 4 Surface and Mixed Layer Properties
- 5 Depth–Dependent Gyre Circulation
- 6 Equatorial Circulation, Shallow Overturning, and Upwelling
- 7 Eddies and Small-Scale Mixing
- 8 Deep Meridional Overturning
- 9 The Southern Ocean Nexus
- 10 Arctic Circulation
- 11 Heat Flux, Freshwater Flux, and Climate
- Appendix A DataSources
- Appendix B Vector Calculus and Spherical Coordinates
- Appendix C Tables of Notation and Useful Values
- References
- Index
8 - Deep Meridional Overturning
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 March 2019
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Plates
- 1 Physical Oceanography: Methods and Dynamical Framework
- 2 Rotating and Shallow–Water Flow
- 3 Two–Dimensional Horizontal Circulation
- 4 Surface and Mixed Layer Properties
- 5 Depth–Dependent Gyre Circulation
- 6 Equatorial Circulation, Shallow Overturning, and Upwelling
- 7 Eddies and Small-Scale Mixing
- 8 Deep Meridional Overturning
- 9 The Southern Ocean Nexus
- 10 Arctic Circulation
- 11 Heat Flux, Freshwater Flux, and Climate
- Appendix A DataSources
- Appendix B Vector Calculus and Spherical Coordinates
- Appendix C Tables of Notation and Useful Values
- References
- Index
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- Chapter
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- Ocean Circulation in Three Dimensions , pp. 276 - 319Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019