U.S. West Coast surface heat fluxes, wind stress, and wind stress curl from a mesoscale model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3202-3216

  Haack, Tracy ^a   Burk, S D ^a   Hodur, R M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND STRESS;

COASTAL WATERS; MESOSCALE MODEL; NEAR-SURFACE FIELDS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATOLOGY;

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND STRESS;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28944438845     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3025.1     Document Type: Article

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