Effects of the air-sea coupling time frequency on the ocean response during Mediterranean intense events

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-549

  Lebeaupin Brossier, Cindy ^a   Ducrocq, Véronique ^a   Giordani, Hervé ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea coupling; Mediterranean Sea; Mesoscale modeling; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HEAVY RAINFALL; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; LOW LEVEL JET; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOSCALE MODELING; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN RESPONSE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; OPTIMAL TIME; SEA SURFACES; SHORT TIME SCALE; STRONG WINDS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME FREQUENCY; TIME RESOLUTION;

RAIN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIXED LAYER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 68749095716     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0198-1     Document Type: Article

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