Air-sea interactions during an Arctic storm

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Long, Zhenxia ^a   Perrie, Will ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA ICE;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; BEAUFORT SEA; COASTAL WATERS; COUPLED MODELS; ENERGY TRANSPORT; ENHANCED SURFACE; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE COVER; ICE COVER EXTENT; ICE EDGE; LOCAL SURFACES; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; MODEL SIMULATION; OPEN WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SIBERIA; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STORM TRACK; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; UPPER OCEAN;

STORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; EKMAN LAYER; ICE COVER; ICE STORM; OPEN WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; SIBERIA;

EID: 84864836781     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016985     Document Type: Article

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