Atmospheric circulations induced by a midlatitude SST front: A GCM study

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1847-1853

  Brachet, Sidonie ^a,b   Codron, Francis ^a   Feliks, Yizhak ^c,d,e   Ghil, Michael ^a,c,d   Le Treut, Hervé ^a   Simonnet, Eric ^f  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Atmospheric circulation; Boundary currents; General circulation models; Marine boundary layer; North Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC FRONT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM;

EID: 84858603423     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00329.1     Document Type: Article

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