Synoptic variability of ocean-atmosphere turbulent fluxes associated with atmospheric cyclones

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2717-2734

  Zolina, Olga ^a,b   Gulev, Sergey K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; TURBULENCE;

TURBULENT FLUXES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CYCLONE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE FLUX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141744834     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2717:SVOOTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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