The Novaya Zemlya Bora and its impact on Barents Sea air-sea interaction

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3462-3467

  Moore, G W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

air sea interaction; downslope windstorms; Novaya Zemlya; topographic flow distortion

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; DOWNSLOPE WINDSTORM; EASTERN ARCTIC; FLOW DISTORTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; NOVAYA ZEMLYA; TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER; WEATHER STATIONS;

STREAM FLOW; WIND;

STORMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCHIPELAGO; HEAT TRANSFER; MOUNTAIN REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER STATION; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARKHANGELSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; BARENTS SEA; NOVAYA ZEMLYA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84880817453     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50641     Document Type: Article

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