A comparison between observations and MM5 simulations of the marine atmospheric boundary layer across a temperature front

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-178

  Song, Qingtao ^a   Hara, Tetsu ^a   Cornillon, Peter ^a   Friehe, Carl A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARINE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS (IBL); SURFACE STRESSES;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 1842782315     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0170:ACBOAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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