Influence of the Amazon/Orinoco Plume on the summertime Atlantic climate

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Vizy, Edward K ^a   Cook, Kerry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; RAIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

AMAZON BASIN; ATLANTIC BASIN; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BARRIER LAYERS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DYNAMICAL RESPONSE; FRESH WATER; GULF OF MEXICO; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; NORTH ATLANTIC; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STORM INTENSITY; STORM SYSTEMS; STORM TRAJECTORIES; SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONE; SUMMER CLIMATE; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TROPICAL STORMS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WARM SEA; WESTERN ATLANTIC;

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FRESHWATER INPUT; HURRICANE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND SHEAR;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; GULF OF MEXICO; ORINOCO RIVER;

EID: 78249257014     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014049     Document Type: Article

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