The impact of air-sea interactions on the simulation of tropical intraseasonal variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6616-6635

  Pegion, Kathy ^a   Kirtman, Ben P ^a,b,c  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR-SEA COUPLINGS; AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE FORECASTS; COUPLED MODELS; COUPLED SIMULATIONS; FEEDBACKS]; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITIES; LATENT HEAT FLUXES; MARITIME CONTINENTS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; TROPICAL INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITIES; UNCOUPLED MODELS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 60749128374     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2180.1     Document Type: Article

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