Extreme air–sea interaction over the North Atlantic subpolar gyre during the winter of 2013–2014 and its sub-surface legacy

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2016, Pages 4027-4045

  Grist, Jeremy P ^a   Josey, Simon A ^a   Jacobs, Zoe L ^a   Marsh, Robert ^a   Sinha, Bablu ^a   Van Sebille, Erik ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sea fluxes; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean heat content; Subpolar Mode Water; Winter 2013 2014

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; GYRE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MODE WATER; OVERTURN; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84940869489     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2819-3     Document Type: Article

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