Turbulent heat fluxes during an intense cold-air outbreak over the Kuroshio Extension Region: Results from a high-resolution coupled atmosphere-ocean model

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 657-674

  Jensen, Tommy G ^a   Campbell, Timothy J ^a   Allard, Richard A ^a   Small, Richard Justin ^b   Smith, Travis A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Coupled model; Heat flux; Kuroshio; Warm pool; Winter storm

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; COUPLED MODELS; KUROSHIO; WARM POOL; WINTER STORM;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BUOY SYSTEM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COLD AIR; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODE WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUIKSCAT; RESOLUTION; SCATTEROMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM; SURFACE AREA; TURBULENT FLOW; WARM POOL;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79957886967     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0380-0     Document Type: Article

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