Dominant balances and exchanges of the atmospheric water cycle in the reanalysis 2 at diurnal, annual, and intraseasonal time scales

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3951-3966

  Ruane, Alex C ^a   Roads, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; VAPORS; WATER CONTENT; WATER FILTRATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR MASSES; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; BROAD BAND FILTER; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; EXTRATROPICS; GLOBAL MAPS; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION; NOCTURNAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTENT; RE-ANALYSIS; SOLAR OSCILLATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIANCE; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TIME SCALING; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE; VAPOR FLUXES; WATER CYCLING;

WATER VAPOR;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DIURNAL VARIATION; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER VAPOR;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53649095938     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2015.1     Document Type: Article

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