Impact of swell on simulations using a regional atmospheric climate model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 527-538

  Carlsson, Björn ^a   Rutgersson, Anna ^a   Smedman, Ann Sofi ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SWELL; WAVE FIELD; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 67651052913     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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