A parameterization of Greenland's tip jets suitable for ocean or coupled climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Sproson, David A J ^a   Renfrew, Ian A ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA LEVEL; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BULK FLUXES; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; GREENLAND; HIGH WIND SPEED; INPUT FIELD; LINEAR GRADIENTS; LOW RESOLUTION; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; MESOSCALE; MIXED-LAYER MODELS; MOMENTUM FLUX; OCEAN CLIMATE MODELS; OCEAN CONVECTION; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; SPATIAL SCALE; SURFACE WIND FIELDS; TIP JET; TURBULENT FLUX; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OPEN OCEAN; OROGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOLUTION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE WIND; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; IRMINGER SEA;

EID: 77956073077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC006002     Document Type: Article

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