New estimates of the large-scale Arctic atmospheric energy budget

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Porter, David F ^a   Cassano, John J ^a   Serreze, Mark C ^a   Kindig, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; CURRENT ENERGY; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY FLUXES; MONTHLY MEAN ANOMALIES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NET SURFACE FLUX; NORTH POLAR CAP; POLAR CAP; RADIATION BUDGET; REANALYSIS; REANALYSIS PROJECT; REMAINING COMPONENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SEA ICE EXTENT; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TIME CHANGE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

BUDGET CONTROL;

ALBEDO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; POLAR REGION; RADIATION BUDGET; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77951836438     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012653     Document Type: Article

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