Climatological perspectives, oceanographic and meteorological, on variability in the subtropical convergence zone in the northwestern Atlantic

We discuss the large-scale setting for the Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment (FASINEX). A climatology of the west-central North Atlantic, derived from various data sets, is presented, and the meteorological and oceanographic context for FASINEX is thereby established. While the atmospheric and...

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Published in:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Main Authors: Hanson, H. P., Cornillon, P., Halliwell, G. R., Halliwell, V.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1991
Subjects:
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/1000
https://doi.org/10.1029/90JC02487
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Summary:We discuss the large-scale setting for the Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment (FASINEX). A climatology of the west-central North Atlantic, derived from various data sets, is presented, and the meteorological and oceanographic context for FASINEX is thereby established. While the atmospheric and oceanic processes of interest during the intensive phases of FASINEX are not resolved in this large-scale study, we are able to show how these scales produce an environment favorable to the smaller-scale processes of frontogenesis that are the subject of other contributions in this issue. -Authors

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