The Scripps Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Regional (SCOAR) Model, with applications in the eastern Pacific sector

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-402

  Seo, Hyodae ^a   Miller, Arthur J ^a   Roads, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND STRESS;

REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; REGIONAL SPECTRAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX; WIND STRESS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CENTRAL AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33847417535     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4016.1     Document Type: Article

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