Air-sea fluxes based on observed annual cycle surface climatology and ocean model internal dynamics: A non-damping zero-phase-lag approach applied to the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 145-165

  Dietrich, David E ^a   Haney, Robert L ^b   Fernández, Vicente ^a   Josey, Simon A ^c   Tintoré, Joaquín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Ocean modeling; Surface buoyancy fluxes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRESHWATER; SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FRESHWATER INPUT; HEAT FLUX; MODELING; SURFACE FLUX;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 2442488582     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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