A comparison of aircraft-based surface-layer observations over Denmark Strait and the Irminger sea with meteorological analyses and QuikSCAT winds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 645, 2009, Pages 2046-2066

  Renfrew, I A ^a   Petersen, G N ^a   Sproson, D A J ^a   Moore, G W K ^b   Adiwidjaja, H ^b   Zhang, S ^b   North, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Gfdex; Nordic seas; Surface fluxes; Surface layer meteorology

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; CO-LOCATED; COLD-AIR OUTBREAKS; DATA POINTS; DENMARK STRAIT; FLOW DISTORTION; GREENLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH WIND SPEED; HINDCASTS; LIMITED AREA MODELS; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MM5 MODELS; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH ATLANTIC; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETRISATION; QUIKSCAT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACES; SEA-ICE EDGE; SPATIAL AVERAGE; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE FLUXES; SURFACE TURBULENT FLUXES; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; SPEED; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUIKSCAT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK STRAIT; IRMINGER SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 74849136550     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.444     Document Type: Article

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