Numerical simulations and observations of surface wave fields under an extreme tropical cyclone

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2097-2116

  Fan, Yalin ^a   Ginis, Isaac ^a   Hara, Tetsu ^a   Wright, C Wayne ^b,c   Walsh, Edward J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL SPREADING; DOMINANT WAVELENGTH; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GULF OF MEXICO; IMPROVED FORECAST; LOOP CURRENT; MESOSCALE; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL YIELDS; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OCEAN FEATURE; PARAMETERIZATIONS; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SCANNING RADAR; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SURFACE WAVE FIELDS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE CURRENT INTERACTION; WAVE MODELS; WAVE SPECTRA; WIND FORCING;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIO ALTIMETERS; STORMS; SURFACE WAVES; TIME SERIES; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE FIELD; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPECTRUM; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT;

EID: 73349121577     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4224.1     Document Type: Article

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