Using MM5 to hindcast the ocean surface forcing fields over the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank region

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-145

  Chen, Changsheng ^a   Beardsley, R C ^b   Hu, Song ^a   Xu, Qichun ^a   Lin, Huichan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS; WIND EFFECTS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); LONGWAVE RADIATION; WIND SPEED; WIND STRESSES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HEAT FLUX; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 14644433782     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-1682.1     Document Type: Article

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