Bryan, K., 1982: Seasonal variation in meridional overturning and poleward heat transport in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: A model study. Journal of Marine Research, 40 (Supplement), 39-53.

Abstract: Numerical solutions for a model of the World Ocean are analyzed to illustrate the important changes in the meridional circulation of the ocean induced by seasonal changes in wind stress. Seasonal variations of meridional circulation and associated changes in poleward heat transport predicted by the model are most important in the Pacific where the background thermohaline circulation is relatively weak. Numerical experiments show that seasonal variations of cross-equatorial heat transport basically depend on the variations of the zonal component of the wind stress. Seasonal variations of the meridional wind stress exert an influence on cross-equatorial heat transport which is 180 degrees out of phase in the seasonal cycle from the more dominant influence of seasonal variations of the zonal wind stress.