Summertime low-level jets over the high-latitude arctic ocean

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1770-1784

  ReVelle, Douglas O ^a   Nilsson, E Douglas ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARCTIC OCEANS; BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; DISSIPATION TERMS; EDDY VISCOSITIES; LINEAR MOMENTUMS; MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; OBSERVATIONAL DATUMS; OCEAN OBSERVATIONS; RAYLEIGH; WIND SPEEDS;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; SUMMER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 57649174447     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1637.1     Document Type: Article

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