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On the relation between sea-surface heat flow and thermal circulation in the ocean
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A theoretical framework for the description of the thermal state and circulation in the ocean is presented. Relations between differential heating, diffusive heat flux and surface drift are derived and discussed in the light of the basic mechanical property of the system, i.e. the tendency for light water to spread on top of heavier water. We find that for low and medium temperatures, the poleward surface drift can be determined directly from a knowledge of the heat flux through the sea surface. Preliminary quantitative estimates indicate that the “Hadley circulation” for the entire ocean involves a volume flux of order 70 ± 30 Sverdrup. For the North Atlantic we find a poleward drift of order 10 Sverdrup which compares well with previous estimates of the southward deep flow. Mean values for the diffusive flux in the ocean are found to be of order 20 W m-2 at 15°C and 60 W m-2 at 25°C.
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“Neglecting mixing in the ocean interior the time-averaged residual meridional transport is thus entirely determined by the knowledge of airsea buoyancy fluxes (Walin 1982;Marshall 1997).”
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Self-citationComputations of heat flux through the ocean surface as a function of temperature
ANDERSSON, L., Rudels, B., & Walin, G. (1982) · Tellus · doi:10.1111/j.2153-3490.1982.tb01807.x · Cited by 7
Self-citationComputations of heat flux through the ocean surface as a function of temperature
Andersson, L., Rudels, B., & Walin, G. (1982) · Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography · doi:10.3402/tellusa.v34i2.10802 · Cited by 3
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- Authors
- Walin, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Walin, Gösta
- Venue
- Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
- Publisher
- Stockholm University Press
- Published
- 1982-01-01
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 187
- ISSN
- 0280-6495 (ISSN-L)
- 1600-0870
- OpenAlex
- W1990361050
- Cited by
- 385
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Plankton and Biogeochemistry
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Keywords
- sea surface heat flux, Hadley circulation, differential heating
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