Down welling longwave fluxes at continental surfaces - A comparison of observations with GCM simulations and implications for the global land-surface radiation budget

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 646-655

  Garratt, J R ^a   Prata, A J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DOWNWELLING; EXCESS RADIATION BIAS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; LONGWAVE FLUX; MODEL EVALUATION; SURFACE RADIATION BUDGET;

CLIMATE; DOWNWELLING LONGWAVE FLUXES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; RADIATION;

EID: 0029656554     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0646:DLFACS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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