Aircraft observations of the surface energy balance in TOGA-COARE

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 545, 1998, Pages 101-122

  Grant, A L M ^a,b   Hignett, P ^b  

^a Hadley Ctr Climate Prediction Res   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud forcing; Convective gustiness; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001413539     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54504     Document Type: Article

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