Bjerknes compensation at high northern latitudes: The ocean forcing the atmosphere

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6023-6032

  van der Swaluw, E ^a   Drijfhout, S S ^a   Hazeleger, W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

METEOROLOGY;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC MODE; COLD AIR; CORRELATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LATITUDE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 38349095081     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1562.1     Document Type: Article

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