Mixed layer cooling in mesoscale oceanic eddies during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4188-4207

  Jaimes, Benjamin ^a   Shay, Lynn K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CURRENT RESPONSE; HURRICANE INTENSITY FORECASTING; INTERNAL WAVES; KATRINA; LOOP CURRENT; MESOSCALE; MIXED LAYER; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; OCEANIC EDDIES; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; VELOCITY RESPONSE; VERTICAL MIXING; VERTICAL SHEAR; WARM CORE EDDY; WIND FORCING;

COOLING; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; WAVE POWER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

HURRICANES;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STORM; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS; WAVE POWER; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT;

EID: 74949131301     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2849.1     Document Type: Article

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