Spatial distribution of air-sea heat fluxes over the sub-polar North Atlantic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Moore, G W K ^a   Renfrew, I A ^b   Pickart, R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA HEAT FLUX; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GREENLAND SEA; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; LARGE-SCALE IMPACTS; MOISTURE FLUXES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN WARMING; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; REANALYSIS; RELATIVE STRENGTH; SADDLE POINT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE FIELDS; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SURFACE WIND SPEED; TEMPORAL SCALE; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; WINTER MONTHS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; COOLING; ENERGY FLUX; HEAT FLUX; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW; WARMING; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND SEA; LABRADOR SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84867214640     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053097     Document Type: Article

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