A Climatology of wintertime barrier winds off southeast Greenland

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4701-4717

  Harden, B E ^a   Renfrew, I A ^a   Petersen, G N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Fluxes; North Atlantic oscillation; Precipitation; Wind; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; AIR TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENMARK STRAIT; GREENLAND; HIGH PRESSURE; INTERANNUAL; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PEAK VALUES; REANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND; SURFACE STRESS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; WIND EVENTS; WINTER MONTHS; WINTER/COOL SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLUXES; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STORMS;

WIND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE; WINTER;

ARCTIC; DENMARK STRAIT; GREENLAND;

EID: 80053147558     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4113.1     Document Type: Article

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