Summertime influence of SST on surface wind stress off the U.S. West Coast from the U.S. Navy COAMPS model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2414-2437

  Haack, Tracy ^a   Chelton, Dudley ^b   Pullen, Julie ^a   Doyle, James D ^a   Schlax, Michael ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA EXCHANGES; AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; GRADIENT FIELDS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MESOSCALE MODELS; OCEAN SURFACES; QUICK SCATTEROMETER SATELLITES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE WIND STRESS; SURFACE WINDS; TIME-SCALES; U.S. NAVIES; WEST COASTS; WIND STRESS CURLS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CORRELATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE EDDY; QUIKSCAT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE WIND; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549114504     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3870.1     Document Type: Article

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