Upper oceanic energy response to tropical cyclone passage

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2631-2650

  Knaff, John A ^a   DeMaria, Mark ^a   Sampson, Charles R ^b   Peak, James E ^b   Cummings, James ^b   Schubert, Wayne H ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS; OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STRUCTURE INFORMATION; TEMPORAL RESPONSE; TRANSLATION SPEED; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; KINETICS;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COOLING; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENERGY FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 84877794589     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00038.1     Document Type: Article

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