Atmospheric conditions associated with Labrador Sea deep convection: New insights from a case study of the 2006/07 and 2007/08 winters

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 5281-5297

  Kim, Who M ^a,b   Yeager, Stephen ^b   Chang, Ping ^a,c   Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Atm ocean structure phenomena; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Circulation dynamics; Deep convection; Extratropical cyclones; Meridional overturning circulation; North atlantic oscillation; Oceanic mixed layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; NICKEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; DEEP CONVECTION; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MIXED LAYER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LABRADOR SEA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84977482473     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0527.1     Document Type: Article

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