Assessing the oceanic control on the amplitude of sea surface cooling induced by tropical cyclones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Vincent, Emmanuel M ^a   Lengaigne, Matthieu ^a   Vialard, Jérôme ^a   Madec, Gurvan ^a,b   Jourdain, Nicolas C ^c   Masson, Sébastien ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b NOC   (United Kingdom)

^c LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; HURRICANES; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SURFACE WATERS; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC CONTROLS; ENERGY INPUTS; GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL; HINDCASTS; OCEAN RESPONSE; OCEAN SURFACES; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; OCEANIC CONTROL; OCEANIC PARAMETERS; POWER INDICES; SEA SURFACES; STRONG WINDS; TRANSLATION SPEED; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL MIXING;

COOLING;

AMPLITUDE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INHIBITION; KINETIC ENERGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND POWER;

EID: 84861220526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007705     Document Type: Article

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