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The general circulation and meridional heat transport of the subtropical South Atlantic determined by inverse methodsThe circulation and meridional heat transport of the subtropical South Atlantic Ocean are determined through the application of the inverse method of Wunsch (1978) to hydrographic data from the IGY and METEOR expeditions. Meridional circulation results of the two data sets agree on a northward mass transport of about 20 million metric tons/sec for waters above the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW), and a comparable southward transport of deep waters. Additional gross features held in common are the Benguela, South Equatorial and North Brazilian Coastal currents' northward transport of the Surface Water, and the deflection of the southward-flowing NADW from the South American Coast into the mid ocean by a seamount chain near 20 deg S. Total heat transport is equatorward, with a magnitude of 0.8 X 10 to the 15th W near 30 deg S and indistinguishable from zero near 8 deg S.
Document ID
19820039590
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fu, L.-L.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; MIT, Cambridge MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Physical Oceanography
Volume: 11
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
82A23125
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-80-C-0273
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF OCE-78-19833
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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