Mitigation of Sri Lanka Island effects in colombo sounding data and its impact on DYNAMO analyses

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-405

  Ciesielski, Paul E ^a   Johnson, Richard H ^a   Yoneyama, Kunio ^b   Taft, Richard K ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric budgets; DYNAMO; Island effects; Upper air soundings

Indexed keywords

HEAT BUDGET; HEAT ISLAND; HEATING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OPEN OCEAN;

COLOMBO [WESTERN PROVINCE]; SRI LANKA; WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA];

EID: 84907559511     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2014-407     Document Type: Article

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