Equilibrium atmospheres of a two-column radiative-convective model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 558, 1999, Pages 2239-2264

  Nilsson, J ^a   Emanuel, K A ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Idealized model; Tropical dynamics

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COLUMN; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032695412     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55813     Document Type: Article

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