Heat budget of the East Antarctic lower atmosphere derived from a regional atmospheric climate model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  van de Berg, W J ^a   van de Broeke, M R ^a   van Meijgaard, E ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONDENSATION; HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CONDENSATION; DOWNWELLING; HEAT BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGY; TURBULENT MIXING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 38949139461     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008613     Document Type: Article

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