Daily cycle of the surface energy balance in Antarctica and the influence of clouds

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1587-1605

  Van den Broeke, Michiel ^a   Reijmer, Carleen ^a   Van As, Dirk ^a   Boot, Wim ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Meterology; Surface energy balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SINKS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

DAYTIME CONVECTION; SHORT WAVE RADIATION; SUB-SURFACE HEAT TRANSPORT; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE (SEB);

METEOROLOGY;

ALBEDO; CLOUD; ENERGY BALANCE; RADIATION BUDGET; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33750306138     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1323     Document Type: Article

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