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Overturning Streamfunction

The "Overturning Streamfunction" is a diagnostic scalar function in physical oceanography that quantifies the meridional overturning circulation by representing the vertical and zonal integrals of the northward mass transport as a function of depth and latitude.

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1.7K

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53

Authors

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2017–2026

2

Variants

Meridional Overturning Streamfunction

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Data-Based Meridional Overturning Streamfunctions for the Global Ocean

Lynne D. Talley, Joseph L. Reid, Paul Robbins · Journal of Climate · 2003 · 367 citations

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Freshwater transport estimates and the global overturning circulation: Shallow, deep and throughflow components

Lynne D. Talley · Progress In Oceanography · 2008 · 342 citations

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Circulation and water masses in the Faroese Channels during overflow '73

H. D. Dooley, Jens Meincke · Ocean Dynamics · 1981 · 149 citations

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Detecting changes in the transport of the Gulf Stream and the Atlantic overturning circulation from coastal sea level data: The extreme decline in 2009–2010 and estimated variations for 1935–2012

Tal Ezer · Global and Planetary Change · 2015 · 122 citations

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Simulated pathways of the overflow waters in the North Atlantic: Subpolar to subtropical export

M. Susan Lozier, Stefan F. Gary, Amy S. Bower · Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography · 2012 · 65 citations

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Authors

53

  1. RM
    Robert Marsh

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 91 citations

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  2. JP
    Jeremy P. Grist

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 91 citations

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    h-index

  3. AS
    Amy S. Bower

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    2 publications · 115 citations

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    h-index

  4. SA
    Simon A. Josey

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 91 citations

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  5. LD
    Lynne D. Talley

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    2 publications · 709 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

19

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    158 citations

  2. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    459 citations

  3. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    91 citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    113 citations

  7. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    230 citations

  8. Old Dominion University

    Norfolk, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    122 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    6 publications · 287 citations

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  2. Journal of Climate

    4 publications · 481 citations

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  3. Progress In Oceanography

    2 publications · 392 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Marine Research

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  5. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

    1 publications · 15 citations

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