Comparisons between buoy-observed, satellite-derived, and modeled surface shortwave flux over the subtropical North Atlantic during the Subduction Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D24, 1999, Pages 31301-31320

  Waliser, Duane E ^a   Weller, Robert A ^b   Cess, Robert D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 18844476173     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900946     Document Type: Review

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