Western Boundary Current WG Resources

Western Boundary Current Working Group Prospectus

Links

• CLIvar MOde Water Dynamic Experiment (CLIMODE)
• Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS)
• WHOI KESS page
• University of Hawaii KESS page

Publications

• Cronin, M.F., N. Bond, J. Booth, H. Ichikawa, T.M. Joyce, K. Kelly, M. Kubota, B. Qiu, C. Reason, M. Rouault, C. Sabine, T. Saino, J. Small, T. Suga, L.D. Talley, L. Thompson, R.A. Weller, Monitoring ocean-atmospher interactions in western boundary current extensions. In Proceedings of the "OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J. Harrison, D.E., and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, doi: 10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.20, 2010
• Kelly, K.A., R.J. Small, R.M. Samelson, B. Qiu, T.M. Joyce, Y-O. Kwon, M.F. Cronin, 2010: Western Boundary Currents and Frontal Air-Sea Interaction: Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension, Journal of Climate, Vol. 23, No. 21.
• Kwon, Y-O., M. A. Alexander, N.A. Bond, C. Frankignoul, H. Nakamura, B. Qiu, L. Thompson, 2010: Role of Gulf Stream, Kuroshio-Oyashio and Their Extensions in Large-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction : A Review, J. Climate, 15 June 2010, Vol. 23, pp 3249-3281.
• Western Boundary Currents - Special Issue Journal of Climate 2010

References

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• Alexander, M. A., N.-C. Lau, and J. D. Scott, 2004: Broadening the atmospheric bridge paradigm: ENSO teleconnections to the North Pacific in summer and to the tropical west Pacific- Indian Oceans over the seasonal cycle. Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction. Eds. C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J. Carton. AGU Monograph. pp. 85-104.
• Alexander, M., J. Yin, G. Branstator, A. Capotondi, C. Cassou, R. Cullather, Y.-O. Kwon, J Norris, J. Scott, I. Wainer, 2006. Extratropical Atmosphere-Ocean Variability in CCSM3. J. Climate, 19, 2496-2525.
• Cassou, C., C. Deser and M. A. Alexander, 2007: Investigating the impact of reemerging sea surface temperature anomalies on the winter atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic. J. Climate, in press.
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• Chelton, D. B., M. G. Schlax and R.M. Samelson. Summertime coupling between sea surface temperature and wind stress in the California Current System. Journal of Physical Oceanography, accepted.
• Dewar, W. K., R. M. Samelson, and G. K. Vallis, 2005. The ventilated pool: A model of subtropical mode water. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 137-150.
• Maloney, E. D., and D. B. Chelton, 2006.  An assessment of the sea surface temperature influence on surface wind stress in numerical weather prediction and climate models.  Journal of Climate, 19, 2743-2762.
• Perlin, N, E. Skyllingstad, R. Samelson, and P. Barbour. Numerical simulation of air-sea coupling during coastal upwelling. Journal of Physical Oceanography, accepted.
• Samelson, R. M., E. D. Skyllingstad, D. B. Chelton, S. K. Esbensen, L. W. O'Neill, and N. Thum, 2006. A note on the coupling of wind stress and sea surface temperature. Journal of Climate, 19, 1557-1566.
• Skyllingstad, E., D. Vickers, L. Mahrt, and R. Samelson, 2006. Effects of mesoscale sea-surface temperature fronts on the marine boundary layer. Boundary Layer Meteorology, DOI 10.1007/s10546-006-9127-8.