Atmospheric moisture budget in the Arctic based on the ERA-40 reanalysis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2175-2194

  Jakobson, Erko ^a   Vihma, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arctic; ERA 40 reanalysis; Moisture flux convergence; Net precipitation; Stationary eddies; Transient eddies; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCES; NET PRECIPITATION; REANALYSIS; STATIONARY EDDIES; WATER VAPOUR;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUDGET CONTROL;

MOISTURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EDDY; HUMIDITY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; CANADA; EUROPE; GREENLAND;

EID: 78149379486     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2039     Document Type: Article

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