On the impact of high-resolution, high-frequency meteorological forcing on Denmark Strait ocean circulation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 645, 2009, Pages 2067-2085

  Haine, T W N ^a   Zhang, S ^b   Moore, G W K ^b   Renfrew, I A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Gfdex; Mm5; Ncep reanalyses

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; DENMARK STRAIT; DOMINANT FACTOR; FLOW DISTORTION; GREENLAND; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN MODEL; REANALYSIS; SHELF BREAK; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WIND FIELD;

SEA ICE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CIRCULATION MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; METEOROLOGY; MIXING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA ICE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING; WINTER;

ARCTIC; DENMARK STRAIT;

EID: 74849083781     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.505     Document Type: Article

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