An inter-comparison of six latent and sensible heat flux products over the southern ocean

Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Yu, Lejiang ^a,b   Zhang, Zhanhai ^b   Zhong, Shiyuan ^c   Zhou, Mingyu ^b   Gao, Zhiqiu ^d   Wu, Huiding ^b   Sun, Bo ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Latent heat flux; Sensible heat flux; Southern ocean

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; DATA SET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84865510735     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.10167     Document Type: Article

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