Verification of air/surface humidity differences from AIRS and ERA-Interim in support of turbulent flux estimation in the Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 945-963

  Boisvert, L N ^a   Wu, D L ^b   Vihma, T ^c   Susskind, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRS; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; MARGINAL SEA; MOISTURE FLUX; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; EAST SIBERIAN SEA;

EID: 84923558116     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021666     Document Type: Article

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