Evaluation of a regional atmospheric model using measurements of surface heat exchange processes from a site in antarctica

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1994-2011

  Van Lipzig, Nicole P M ^a,b   Van Meijgaard, Erik ^a   Oerlemans, Johannes ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT FLUX; POLAR REGION; SURFACE FLUX;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033392650     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1994:EOARAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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