The observed state of the energy budget in the early twenty-first century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 8319-8346

  L'Ecuyer, Tristan S ^a   Beaudoing, H K ^b,c   Rodell, M ^b   Olson, W ^d   Lin, B ^e   Kato, S ^e   Clayson, C A ^f   Wood, E ^g   Sheffield, J ^g   Adler, R ^c   Huffman, G ^b   Bosilovich, M ^b   Gu, G ^b   Robertson, F ^h   Houser, P R ⁱ   Chambers, D ^j   Famiglietti, J S ^k   Fetzer, E ^k   Liu, W T ^k   Gao, X ^l   Schlosser, C A ^l   Clark, E ^m   Lettenmaier, D P ^m   Hilburn, K ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NASA Goddard Space Flight Center   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX;

DOWN-WELLING RADIATION; EARTH OBSERVING SATELLITE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; TURBULENT HEAT TRANSFER; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

BUDGET CONTROL;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; ENERGY BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NET RADIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84937855230     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00556.1     Document Type: Article

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