A climatology of cold air outbreaks and their impact on air-sea heat fluxes in the high-latitude South Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 342-364

  Papritz, Lukas ^a   Pfahl, Stephan ^a   Sodemann, Harald ^a   Wernli, Heini ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cold air surges; Downslope winds; Extratropical cyclones; Mesocyclones; Southern Ocean; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SEA ICE; STORMS;

COLD AIR; DOWNSLOPE WINDS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; MESOCYCLONES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE FLUX;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; COLD AIR; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; STORM TRACK; SURFACE FLUX; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AMUNDSEN SEA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84920265480     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00482.1     Document Type: Article

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