Impact of barrier layer on typhoon-induced sea surface cooling

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-385

  Wang, XiDong ^a,b,c,d   Han, GuiJun ^c,d   Qi, YiQuan ^a   Li, Wei ^c,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^d NATIONAL MARINE DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE   (China)

Author keywords

Barrier layer; Sea surface cooling; Tropical Northwest Pacific; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

BARRIER LAYERS; MIXED-LAYER MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACES; SST ANOMALIES; SURFACE COOLING; TROPICAL NORTHWEST PACIFIC; TYPHOON; UPPER OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; TROPICS;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARGO; COOLING; ENTRAINMENT; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; TYPHOON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 82455208951     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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