A coupled theory of tropical climatology: Warm pool, cold tongue, and walker circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1662-1679

  Liu, Zhengyu ^a   Huang, Boyin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN CURRENTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPICS; WIND;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WALKER CIRCULATION SYSTEM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

TROPICAL CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031177699     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1662:ACTOTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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