Atmospheric response to sea surface temperature mesoscale structures

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9611-9621

  Lambaerts, J ^a,b   Lapeyre, G ^a   Plougonven, R ^a   Klein, P ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

air sea interactions; boundary layer; sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; VELOCITY;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MESOSCALE STRUCTURE; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FILTER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EID: 84886076093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50769     Document Type: Article

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