Near-surface marine wind profiles from rawinsonde and NORA10 hindcast

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Furevik, Birgitte R ^a,b   Haakenstad, Hilde ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DRILLING PLATFORMS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; RADIOSONDES;

COLD AIR; COLD AIR OUTBREAK; CONVECTION CELL; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION LIMITED AREA MODELS; HINDCASTS; MARINE WINDS; MEAN WIND SPEED; MEAN WIND SPEED PROFILES; NEAR-SURFACE; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN WEATHER; OFF SHORE PLATFORMS; OFFSHORE WINDS; REANALYSIS; SAMPLING RATES; SEA SURFACES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND PROFILES; WIND SPEED;

WIND EFFECTS;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD AIR; DECADAL VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND FARM; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84870939312     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018523     Document Type: Article

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