First air-sea flux mooring measurements in the Southern Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Schulz, E W ^a   Josey, S A ^b   Verein, R ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; MOORING;

AIR SEA FLUX; AIR-SEA HEAT FLUX; ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL MEAN; CLIMATE SIGNALS; COLD AIR; DATA SETS; FLUX PRODUCT; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; HEAT EXCHANGE; HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; KEYPOINTS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NEAR-SURFACE; NET HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OCEAN HEAT; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; POLAR REGIONS; REMOTE LOCATION; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COLD AIR; DATA SET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT FLUX; MOORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OVERTURN; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84865477088     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052290     Document Type: Article

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