The response of quasigeostrophic oceanic vortices to tropical cyclone forcing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1965-1985

  Jaimes, Benjamin ^a   Shay, Lynn K ^a   Halliwell, George R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Numerical analysis modeling; Oceanic mixed layer; Tropical cyclones; Upwelling downwelling; Vortices

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DOWN-WELLING; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; HURRICANE KATRINA; INTERNAL WAVES; NEAR INERTIAL ENERGY; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OCEAN EDDIES; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; OCEANIC VORTICES; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; ROTATIONAL RATES; STORM INTENSITY; STRONG STRATIFICATION; TC MODEL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBULENT ENTRAINMENT; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISPERSION; VERTICAL SHEAR; WARM WATER; WEAK STRATIFICATION; WIND FIELD; WIND STRESS CURL;

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISPERSION (WAVES); HURRICANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SHEAR FLOW; STORMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TROPICS; WIND STRESS;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DOWNWELLING; INTERNAL WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UPWELLING; VORTEX FLOW; WATER COLUMN; WIND FIELD;

EID: 82055186326     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-06.1     Document Type: Article

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