Subgrid surface fluxes in fair weather conditions during TOGA COARE: Observational estimates and parameterization

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 620-633

  Vickers, Dean ^a   Esbensen, Steven K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000326151     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0620:SSFIFW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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