The Mediterranean response to different space-time resolution atmospheric forcings using perpetual mode sensitivity simulations

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-25

  Lebeaupin Brossier, Cindy ^a,b   Béranger, Karine ^b   Deltel, Charles ^c   Drobinski, Philippe ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric forcing; Downscaling; Mediterranean Sea; Mesoscale circulation; Resolution impact

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DOWN-SCALING; HIGH FREQUENCY VARIABILITIES; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DOWNSCALING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CONVECTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78649934889     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.10.008     Document Type: Review

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