Relationships between Antarctic cyclones and surface conditions as derived from high-resolution numerical weather prediction data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Uotila, P ^a   Vihma, T ^b   Pezza, A B ^c   Simmonds, I ^c   Keay, K ^c   Lynch, A H ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTIC MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ANTARCTICA; BAROCLINICITY; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL OCEAN; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CYCLONE CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE TRACKS; DETECTION AND TRACKING ALGORITHMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDIAN OCEAN; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CYCLONES; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; ROSS SEA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SYNOPTIC CYCLONES; SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENT FLUX; UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE;

STORMS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RESOLUTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79955064111     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015358     Document Type: Article

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