Phenomenal sea states and swell from a north atlantic storm in february 2011: A comprehensive analysis

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1825-1832

  Hanafin, Jennifer A ^a   Quilfen, Yves ^a   Ardhuin, Fabrice ^a   Sienkiewicz, Joseph ^b   Queffeulou, Pierre ^a   Obrebski, Mathias ^a   Chapron, Bertrand ^a   Reul, Nicolas ^a   Collard, Fabrice ^c   Corman, David ^d   De Azevedo, Eduardo B ^e   Vandemark, Doug ^f   Stutzmann, Eleonore ^g  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c CLS   (France)

^d Section de Géodésie Géophysique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; GREENLAND; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SEA STATE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; STORM CENTER; STORM TRACK; TIME-DIFFERENCES; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS;

HURRICANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SENSORS; WIND;

STORMS;

EID: 84871348307     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00128.1     Document Type: Article

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