Effect of the Gulf Stream on winter extratropical cyclone outbreaks

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 311-316

  Nelson, Jill ^a   He, Ruoying ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interactions; Coupled model; Gulf Stream; Winter extratropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867967329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.400     Document Type: Article

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