Analysis of local air-sea interaction in east Asia using a regional air-sea coupled model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 767-776

  Qian, Huang ^a   Suxiang, Yao ^a   Yaocun, Zhang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; DATA SETS; EAST ASIA; KUROSHIO; LOW LATITUDES; MIDLATITUDES; OCEANIC MODEL; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STRONG WINDS; SURFACE WIND SPEED; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCOUPLED MODELS; WARM WATER; WESTERN PACIFIC; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WIND EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84856966407     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3783.1     Document Type: Article

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