Modeling the ocean and atmosphere during an extreme bora event in northern Adriatic using one-way and two-way atmosphere-ocean coupling

Ocean Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 71-86

  Licer, M ^a   Smerkol, P ^a   Fettich, A ^a   Ravdas, M ^b   Papapostolou, A ^b   Mantziafou, A ^b   Strajnar, B ^c   Cedilnik, J ^c   Jeromel, M ^c   Jerman, J ^c   Petan, S ^c   Malacic V ^a   Sofianos, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84956654833     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-12-71-2016     Document Type: Article

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