Impact of a two-way coupling between an atmospheric and an ocean-ice model over the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1379-1398

  Pellerin, Pierre ^a   Ritchie, Harold ^a   Saucier, François J ^b   Roy, François ^b   Desjardins, Serge ^a   Valin, Michel ^a   Lee, Vivian ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEA ICE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE; OCEAN-ICE MODEL;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

EID: 3142738092     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1379:IOATCB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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