Surface energy balance framework for Arctic amplification of climate change

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8277-8288

  Lesins, Glen ^a   Duck, Thomas J ^a   Drummond, James R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boundary layer; Climate change

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; ARCTIC; CONDUCTIVE HEAT FLUX; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SKIN TEMPERATURES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE WARMING; SURFACE-BASED; SURFACE-BASED INVERSION; TEMPERATURE INVERSION STRENGTH;

AMPLIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; RADIOSONDE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

EID: 84871821911     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00711.1     Document Type: Article

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