An assessment of the latent and sensible heat flux on the simulated regional climate over Southwestern South Atlantic Ocean

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 873-889

  Reboita, Michelle Simões ^a   da Rocha, Rosmeri Porfírio ^a   Ambrizzi, Tércio ^a   Caetano, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Latent and sensible heat fluxes; Precipitation; Regional climate simulation; Southwestern of South Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL CURRENT;

EID: 77951879040     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0681-x     Document Type: Article

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