Radiation budget of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2050-2062

  Lin, Jia Lin ^a   Mapes, Brian E ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIATIVE FLUX; TOP-OF-ATMOSPHERE (TOA);

CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; HEATING; METEOROLOGY; RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AVHRR; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATION BUDGET; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 4444220850     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<2050:RBOTTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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