The dependence of the Hadley circulation on the thermal relaxation time

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1379-1387

  Fang, Ming ^a   Kit Tung, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

HADLEY CIRCULATION; THERMAL RELAXATION TIME;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; AXISYMMETRIC CIRCULATION; HADLEY CIRCULATION; MESOSCLE; THERMAL RELAXATION TIME; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0031136312     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1379:tdothc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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