Seasonal and interannual variability of atmospheric heat sources and moisture sinks as determined from NCEP-NCAR reanalysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 463-482

  Yanai, Michio ^a   Tomita, Tomohiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031879142     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0463:SAIVOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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