Equatorial influence of QuikSCAT winds in an isopycnal ocean model compared to NCEP2 winds

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Jiang, ChuanLi ^a   Thompson, LuAnne ^a   Kelly, Kathryn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FLUXES; HEAT FLUX; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LATENT HEAT; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

(ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; EASTERN PACIFIC (EP); ELSEVIER (CO); ISOPYCNAL; LATENT HEAT FLUX (LHF); LATENT HEAT RELEASE; MEAN WINDS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; OCEAN MODELLING; QUIKSCAT; SCATTEROMETER; TIME SCALING; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; WESTERN PACIFIC (WP); WIND SPEED (WS);

WIND;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 48149084955     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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