The impact of heterogeneous surface temperatures on the 2-m air temperature over the arctic ocean under clear skies in spring

Cryosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-166

  Tetzlaff, A ^a,b   Kaleschke, L ^a   Lupkes C ^b   Ament, F ^a   Vihma, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMSR-E; CLEAR SKY; HETEROGENEITY; MODIS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPRING (SEASON); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FIELD;

ALASKA; ALERT; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874349641     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-153-2013     Document Type: Article

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