Two-way air-sea coupling: A study of the Adriatic

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1465-1483

  Pullen, Julie ^a   Doyle, James D ^a   Signell, Richard P ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; WIND;

COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEM (COAMPS); COUPLED SIMULATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENTS; NAVY COASTAL OCEAN MODEL (NCOM); OCEAN TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33744720422     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3137.1     Document Type: Article

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