A polar low observed over the Norwegian Sea on 3-4 March 2008: High-resolution numerical experiments

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 669, 2012, Pages 1983-1998

  Føre, Ivan ^a   Nordeng, Thor Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Condensational heating; IPY THORPEX; Polar lows; Surface energy fluxes

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LATENT HEAT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

IPY-THORPEX; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS; POLAR LOWS; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES; SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE WIND SPEED; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; ENERGY FLUX; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; POLAR FRONT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84871634994     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1930     Document Type: Article

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