Regional energy and water cycles: Transports from ocean to land

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 7837-7851

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Fasullo, John T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; DRY STATIC ENERGY; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT DATUM; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; UNCERTAINTY SAMPLINGS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WATER AND ENERGIES;

BUDGET CONTROL; DIGITAL STORAGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WIND;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84885365593     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00008.1     Document Type: Article

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