On the climatic impact of wind stress

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-106

  Saenko, Oleg A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATE SYSTEMS; CLIMATIC IMPACTS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HEAT TRANSPORTS; HIGH-LATITUDES; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORTS; MID-LATITUDES; MIDLATITUDE OCEANS; MOMENTUM FLUXES; NEAR-SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; NET ENERGIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; POLEWARD ENERGY TRANSPORTS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SEA-ICE EDGES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

ATMOSPHERICS; BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUOYANCY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY FLUX; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND STRESS;

EID: 65249083167     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3981.1     Document Type: Article

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