Factors maintaining the zonally asymmetric precipitation distribution and low-level flow in the tropics of an atmospheric general circulation model: Diagnostic studies

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2247-2263

  Dewitt, David G ^a   Schneider, Edwin K ^a   Vernekar, Anandu D ^b  

^a Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; DIFFUSION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; WIND FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; GCM; HEAT TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION FIELD; TROPICS; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0030869262     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2247:FMTZAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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