Evidence and mechanism of Hurricane Fran-induced ocean cooling in the Charleston Trough

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 769-772

  Xie, Lian ^a   Pietrafesa, L J ^a   Bohm, E ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Li, X ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; GRAVITY WAVES; HURRICANE EFFECTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HURRICANES; ORBITS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE WATERS;

HURRICANE INDUCED OCEAN COOLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; SEA SURFACES; SOUTH CAROLINA;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; HURRICANE FRAN; OCEANIC DEPRESSION; SEA SURFACE COOLING;

ATLANTIC; CHARLESTON TROUGH;

EID: 7344229310     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00180     Document Type: Article

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