The hadley circulation as a radiative-convective instability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1286-1297

  Raymond, David J ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS;

EQUATOR; HADLEY CIRCULATION; HEMISPHERE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTION; HADLEY CELL; INSTABILITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0034129431     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1286:THCAAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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