Atmospheric forcing of the eastern mediterranean transient by midlatitude cyclones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Romanski, Joy ^a   Romanou, Anastasia ^b   Bauer, Michael ^b   Tselioudis, George ^b,c  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY;

ADRIATIC SEA; AEGEAN SEA; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BUOYANCY FLUXES; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; COLD AIR; CYCLONIC ACTIVITIES; DATA SETS; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; DEEP-WATER PRODUCTION; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; SPACE AND TIME; STATE OF THE ART; WARM AIR; AEGEAN; DEEP CONVECTION; EMT; MEDITERRANEAN;

STORMS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BUOYANCY FORCING; COLD AIR; CYCLONE; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; HYDROGRAPH; LATITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BUOYANCY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ADRIATIC SEA; AEGEAN ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 84856923185     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050298     Document Type: Article

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