Net shortwave fluxes over the ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3167-3174

  Scott, James D ^a,b   Alexander, Michael A ^a  

^a CIRES ^*  (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIATION BUDGET; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 0033497630     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<3167:NSFOTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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