Isolating mesoscale coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions in the Kuroshio Extension region

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-78

  Putrasahan, Dian A ^a   Miller, Arthur J ^a   Seo, Hyodae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuroshio Extension; Mesoscale coupling; Pressure adjustment mechanism; Scale dependence of ocean atmosphere coupling; Spatial filtering; Vertical mixing mechanism

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; MESOSCALE; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; SPATIAL FILTERINGS; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MIXING; SEA LEVEL; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND STRESS;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84877800878     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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