Mesoscale climatology and variation of surface winds over the Chukchi-Beaufort coastal areas

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2721-2739

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Liu, Fuhong ^a   Tao, Wei ^a   Krieger, Jeremy ^b   Shulski, Martha ^c   Zhang, Xiangdong ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atm Ocean structure Phenomena; Circulation dynamics; Climate variability; Complex terrain; Geographic location entity; Mesoscale processes; Variability; Wind

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; WIND;

ARCTIC; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COMPLEX TERRAINS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; MESOSCALE PROCESS; VARIABILITY;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SURFACE WIND;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 84961643122     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0436.1     Document Type: Article

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