Processes setting the characteristics of sea surface cooling induced by tropical cyclones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Vincent, Emmanuel M ^a   Lengaigne, Matthieu ^a   Madec, Gurvan ^a,b   Vialard, Jérôme ^a   Samson, Guillaume ^a   Jourdain, Nicolas C ^c   Menkes, Christophe E ^a,d   Jullien, Swen ^e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b NOC   (United Kingdom)

^c LEGI   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^e LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; HURRICANES; MIXING; STORMS; WAKES; WIND POWER;

COOLING PROCESS; CYCLONE TRACKS; GLOBAL OCEAN; HIGH-ENERGY TRANSFERS; INTERANNUAL; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; POWER INDICES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACES; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE STRATIFICATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND FORCING; WIND PATTERNS;

COOLING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COOLING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84857136725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007396     Document Type: Article

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