Coupling between sea surface temperature and low-level winds in mesoscale numerical models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-164

  Song, Qingtao ^a   Chelton, Dudley B ^a   Esbensen, Steven K ^a   Thum, Nicolai ^a   O'Neill, Larry W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETERS; AIR-SEA COUPLINGS; AQUA SATELLITES; BOUNDARY-LAYER TURBULENCES; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GRID RESOLUTIONS; GRID-SPACINGS; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MESO-SCALE; MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODELS; MESOSCALE VARIABILITIES; MODEL SENSITIVITIES; MODEL SURFACES; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OCEANIC FRONTS; RETURN CURRENTS; REYNOLDS; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SOUTH INDIAN OCEANS; SURFACE WIND SPEED; SURFACE WINDS; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL DIFFUSIONS; WEAK COUPLINGS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODELS;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND; TURBULENT MIXING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 60749089942     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2488.1     Document Type: Article

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