Investigation of hurricane Ivan using the coupled ocean–atmosphere–wave–sediment transport (COAWST) model

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1535-1554

  Zambon, Joseph B ^a   He, Ruoying ^a   Warner, John C ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled modeling; Hurricane; Ocean dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; HURRICANES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

ADVECTION AND DIFFUSIONS; COUPLED MODELING; HEAT BUDGET ANALYSIS; MIXED LAYER TEMPERATURE; OCEAN DYNAMICS; REMOTE OBSERVATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE WAVE FIELDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; HINDCASTING; HURRICANE EVENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL TEST; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE ACTION; WAVE FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 84919491944     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-014-0777-7     Document Type: Article

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