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Surface heat flux estimates from NCAR electra data over the pacific warm pool during TOGA COARE

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Greiser, Christine M.

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The warm pool region of the western tropical Pacific is of particular interest to atmospheric dynamics because it represents a significant source of energy to the atmosphere. A better understanding of heat transfer driven by mesoscale and turbulent circulations within this region could lead to improved global circulation models, and...

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Masters Thesis

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degree of Master of Science in Atmospheric Sciences presented on January 25. 2002 Title: Surface Heat
Observational studies of stable nocturnal boundary layers: intermittent turbulence, sensible heat budgets and observational errors

Creator:

Nakamura, Reina

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Atmospheric boundary layers become stably stratified at night over land when the surface becomes colder than the air layer above. In stable nocturnal boundary layers (SNBL), turbulence becomes weak and intermittent, terrain-induced phenomena such as drainage currents or gravity-waves emerge and the surface heterogeneity is enhanced. Because of their complexity...

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Dissertation

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degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric Sciences presented on February 4, 2005. Title
Comparison of radiative feedback variability over multiple time scales in climate model and reanalysis data

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Dalton, Meghan M.

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In a steady state, the Earth's absorbed solar radiation (ASR) balances the outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) at the top of the atmosphere (TOA). In response to a radiative forcing, that is, an external perturbation to the top of the atmosphere energy balance, the Earth's climate system adjusts until reaching a...

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Masters Thesis

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. Monthly departures from the mean of each feedback variable (specific humidity, atmospheric temperature