Impact of ocean warm layer thickness on the intensity of hurricane Katrina in a regional coupled model

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 19-32

  Seo, Hyodae ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COOLING; FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; MIXED LAYER; MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84884814230     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-013-0275-3     Document Type: Article

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