Combining satellite observations and reanalysis energy transports to estimate global net surface energy fluxes 1985-2012

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9374-9389

  Liu, Chunlei ^a   Allan, Richard P ^a,b,c   Berrisford, Paul ^c,d   Mayer, Michael ^e   Hyder, Patrick ^f   Loeb, Norman ^g   Smith, Doug ^f   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^a,c   Edwards, John M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Earth Observation   (United Kingdom)

^c National Centre for Atmospheric Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; ENERGY FLUX; GLOBAL CHANGE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84944929910     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023264     Document Type: Article

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