Air-sea interactions during the passage of a winter storm over the Gulf Stream: A three-dimensional coupled atmosphere-ocean model study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Li, Yongping ^a   Xue, Huijie ^a   Bane, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Coupled model; Gulf Stream; Winter storm

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; STORM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 0037113446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001161     Document Type: Article

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