On the corrections of ERA-40 surface flux products consistent with the Mediterranean heat and water budgets and the connection between basin surface total heat flux and NAO

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Pettenuzzo, D ^a   Large, W G ^b   Pinardi, N ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENTHALPY; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR SEA FLUX; DATA SETS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FRESHWATER FLUXES; HEAT BUDGET; IN-SITU; INTERANNUAL; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NAO INDEX; NEGATIVE INDEX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OBSERVED DATA; OCEAN WARMING; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REANALYSIS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE FLUX; WATER BUDGET; WIND REGIME;

BUDGET CONTROL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATA SET; EVAPORATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE FLUX; WATER BUDGET; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77954529638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005631     Document Type: Article

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