Nonlocal component of radiative flux perturbation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Ming, Yi ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BOUNDARY LAYER AIR; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; EXTRATROPICAL; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; LAND SURFACE; NONLOCAL; NONLOCAL COMPONENTS; OCEANIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RADIATIVE BALANCE; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SHORT WAVES; TROPICAL LANDS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE; PERTURBATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84870585733     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054050     Document Type: Article

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