The correlation between temperature Gradient and Eddy heat flux in the Northern and Southern hemispheres

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Franchito, Sergio H ^a   Rao, V Brahmananda ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 0037677561     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.163     Document Type: Article

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