The effect of global climate change on the regions of tropical convection in CSM1

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3049-3052

  Dutton, Jan F ^a   Poulsen, Chris J ^a,b   Evans, Jenni L ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; DEEP TROPICAL CONVECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS; THRESHOLD TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0033625904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011542     Document Type: Article

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