The role of longwave radiation and boundary layer thermodynamics in forcing tropical surface winds

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1049-1069

  Fu, Xiouhua ^a   Wang, Bin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

CLOUD-LONGWAVE RADIATION; TROPICAL SURFACE WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LONGWAVE RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND FORCING;

EID: 0033117280     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1049:TROLRA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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