Satellite-based midlatitude cyclone statistics over the Southern Ocean: 2. Tracks and surface fluxes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yuan, Xiaojun ^a   Patoux, Jérôme ^b   Li, Cuihua ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATENT HEAT; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOMENTUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA SETS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; LIFE SPAN; MESOSCALE CYCLONES; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; MOMENTUM FLUX; PRESSURE VARIABILITY; SCATTEROMETER; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE DATA; SURFACE FLUX; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVELET-BASED METHODS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CYCLONE; DATA SET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TRACKING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 66149189451     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010874     Document Type: Article

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