The response of a moist zonally symmetric atmosphere to subtropical surface temperature perturbation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 548, 1998, Pages 1209-1226

  Zheng, Xinyu ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation regimes; Moisture dynamics feedback; Thermal forcing; Tropical atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTION; THERMAL FORCING;

EID: 0031686079     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54808     Document Type: Article

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