General Characteristics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over a Flaw Lead Polynya Region in Winter and Spring

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-335

  Raddatz, R L ^a   Asplin, M G ^a   Candlish, L ^a   Barber, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic polynya; Atmospheric boundary layer; Microwave radiometry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; RADIOMETRY; SEA ICE; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; ARCTIC POLYNYA; INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STABLE INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE MOISTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WINTER;

EID: 78651402706     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9557-1     Document Type: Article

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