Impact of the atmosphere on surface radiative fluxes and snowmelt in the Arctic and Subarctic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 4287-4302

  Zhang, T ^a,b   Bowling, S A ^a   Stamnes, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; INVERSION LAYER; RADIATIVE FLUX; SNOWMELT; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0006541557     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02548     Document Type: Article

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