Persian Gulf response to a wintertime shamal wind event

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 946-955

  Thoppil, Prasad G ^a   Hogan, Patrick J ^b  

^a STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Heat flux; Numerical model; Persian Gulf; Shamal wind

Indexed keywords

1KM RESOLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC DATA; COASTAL CURRENTS; COLD FRONT; DIRECT MECHANISM; DRY AIR; HEAT BALANCE; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODELS; MIXED LAYER; NAVY OPERATIONAL GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTION SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERSIAN GULF; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; STRONG WINDS; TIME INTEGRALS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND EVENTS; WIND SETUP;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; WIND;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL CURRENT; COLD AIR; HEAT BALANCE; HUMIDITY; INFLOW; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OUTFLOW; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRAIT; STRATIFICATION; TRADE WIND; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND VELOCITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; STRAIT OF HORMUZ; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 77954219576     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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