The response of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas to a summer Mistral event: A coupled atmosphere-ocean approach

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-44

  Small, R J ^a   Carniel, S ^b   Campbell, T ^c   Teixeira, J ^d   Allard, R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Coupled modeling; Ocean circulation; Ocean heat budget; Ocean temperature; Ocean winds

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; COUPLED MODELING; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN HEAT; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; OCEAN WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SHEAR FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT BUDGET; HYDROSTATICS; JET; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84859483729     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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