Intraseasonal variability of the ocean - Atmosphere coupling in the Gulf of Guinea during boreal spring and summer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 426-441

  de Coëtlogon, Gaëlle ^a   Janicot, Serge ^b   Lazar, Alban ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea interactions; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ANOMALOUS WINDS; BOREAL SPRING; COASTAL UPWELLING; CROSS CORRELATIONS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION DECOMPOSITIONS; GULF OF GUINEA; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; NEAR-SURFACE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; QUIKSCAT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SST ANOMALIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WINDS; WIND FORCING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDBACK; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 77949410438     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.554     Document Type: Article

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