Atmosphere-sea ice interaction in early summer in the Antarctic: Evaluation and challenges of a regional atmospheric model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 682, 2014, Pages 1536-1551

  Valkonen, T ^a,b,c   Vihma, T ^b   Johansson, M M ^b   Launiainen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Clouds; Diurnal cycle; ISPOL; Model evaluation; Radiation; Turbulent fluxes; Weddell sea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; ICE PROBLEMS; SEA ICE;

DIURNAL CYCLE; ISPOL; MODEL EVALUATION; TURBULENT FLUX; WEDDELL SEA;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA ICE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84905036368     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2237     Document Type: Article

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