Moisture budget analysis of TOGA COARE area using SSM/I-Retrieved latent heating and large-scale Q2 estimates

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 633-655

  Yang, Song ^a   Smith, Eric A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; HEAT BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX;

EID: 0032786864     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0633:MBAOTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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