On air-sea interaction at the mouth of the Gulf of California

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1649-1661

  Zuidema, Paquita ^a   Fairall, Chris ^b   Hartten, Leslie M ^c   Hare, Jeffrey E ^c   Wolfe, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; RAIN; WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MOIST LAYER; OCEANIC TEMPERATURE; SEA BREEZE; WIND PROFILER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA BREEZE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

ARIZONA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249715351     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4089.1     Document Type: Article

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