Decadal variations of global energy and ocean heat budget and meridional energy transports inferred from recent global data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Yuanchong ^a   Rossow, William B ^b   Stackhouse Jr , Paul ^c   Romanou, Anastasia ^a   Wielicki, Bruce A ^c  

^a Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies ^*  (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ENTHALPY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; METEOROLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; ENERGY FLUX; HEAT BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; TIMESCALE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 38349184556     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008435     Document Type: Article

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