Latent heat flux and interannual variability of the coupled atmosphere-ocean system

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 494-501

  Zhou, Zengxi ^a,b,c   Carton, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; LATENT HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0031806783     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0494:LHFAIV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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