Why the ITCZ is mostly north of the equator

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2958-2972

  Philander, S G H ^a   Gu, D ^a   Halpern, D ^b   Lambert, G ^a   Lau, N C ^c   Li, T ^a   Pacanowski, R C ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE ASYMMETRY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ITCZ; LOCATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0030436584     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2958:WTIIMN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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