Local balance and variability of atmospheric heat budget over oceans: Observation and reanalysis-based estimates

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 893-913

  Wong, Sun ^a   L'ecuyer, Tristan S ^b   Olson, William S ^c,d   Jiang, Xianan ^e   Fetzer, Eric J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HEATING RATE; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALE; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

COOLING; HEAT FLUX; HEATING RATE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COOLING; HEAT BUDGET; HEATING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TRMM; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 84892492931     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00143.1     Document Type: Article

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