Surface heat flux variations across the Kuroshio Extension as observed by surface flux buoys

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5206-5221

  Konda, Masanori ^a,b   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^b   Tomita, Hiroyuki ^b   Cronin, Meghan F ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; FLUX PATTERNS; JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE-EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MONSOON WINDS; NORMAL CONDITION; PREVAILING WINDS; REANALYSIS; RECIRCULATION GYRE; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; SEA SURFACES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TIME-SCALES; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER PATTERNS; WIND CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUOYS; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR MASS; BUOY SYSTEM; GYRE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77958109245     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3391.1     Document Type: Article

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