Atmospheric boundary layer rolls: Quantification of their effect on the hydrodynamics in the German Bight

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5036-5053

  Müller, Sabine ^a   Stanev, Emil V ^a   Schulz Stellenfleth, Johannes ^a   Staneva, Joanna ^a   Koch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

atmospheric boundary layer rolls; in situ observations; mesoscale motions; numerical modeling; SAR; upper ocean

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MESOSCALE; SAR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE; UPPER OCEAN; UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENVISAT-1; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES; UPPER OCEAN; WIND DIRECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84890278173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20388     Document Type: Article

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