Analysis of the atmospheric energy budget: A consistency study of available data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D8, 1999, Pages 9655-9661

  Yu, Rucong ^a,b   Zhang, Minghua ^a   Cess, Robert D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; DATA SET; ENERGY BUDGET;

EID: 0033608892     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900100     Document Type: Article

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