Radiative-convective equilibrium over a land surface

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8611-8629

  Rochetin, Nicolas ^a   Lintner, Benjamin R ^b   Findell, Kirsten L ^c   Sobel, Adam H ^a   Gentine, Pierre ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE MODELING; MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIUM; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

DIURNAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; LAND SURFACE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84919683157     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00654.1     Document Type: Article

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