Characteristics of atmosphere-ocean interactions along North Atlantic extratropical storm tracks

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Yao, Yonghong ^b   Perrie, William ^a,c   Zhang, Weiqing ^d   Jiang, Jing ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL; SIMULATORS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR-SEA INTERFACE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; COUPLED GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICAL STORMS; FINE RESOLUTION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; LOWER ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; MESOSCALE; MODEL SYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN SURFACES; OPEN OCEAN; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SECOND GENERATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STORM INTENSITY; STORM TRACK; SURFACE WINDS; UPPER OCEAN;

STORMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; AUTUMN; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STORM; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 71949090924     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008854     Document Type: Article

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