The Antarctic Zone Flux Experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1221-1232

  McPhee, M G ^a,h   Ackley, S F ^b   Guest, P ^c   Huber, B A ^d   Martinson, D G ^d   Morison, J H ^e   Muench, R D ^f   Padman, L ^g   Stanton, T P ^c  

^a McPhee Research Company   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC ZONE FLUX EXPERIMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; SEA ICE;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0030440450     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<1221:TAZFE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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