Modelling of spatial variability and topographic effects over Arctic fjords in Svalbard

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-237

  Kilpeläinen, Tiina ^a,b   Vihma, Timo ^c   Ólafsson, Haraldur ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FJORD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENT FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 79751493671     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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