The influence of the Gulf Stream induced SST gradients on the US East Coast winter storm of 24-25 January 2000

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6145-6174

  Jacobs, N A ^a   Raman, S ^b   Lackmann, G M ^b   Childs, P P ^a  

^a AirDat LLC   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WATERS;

CONTROL SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; GRADIENT FEATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); THERMALLY INDUCED; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; VORTEX STRETCHING;

STORMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 54949155591     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802175561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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