Storm track response to ocean fronts in a global high-resolution climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 805-828

  Small, R Justin ^a   Tomas, Robert A ^a   Bryan, Frank O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Eddy fluxes; Ocean fronts; Storm tracks

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC FRONT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84905114154     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1980-9     Document Type: Article

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