A quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model-formulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1741-1766

  Neelin, J David ^a,b   Zeng, Ning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GALERKIN METHODS; MOISTURE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUASI EQUILIBRIUM TROPICAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE VARIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0034210719     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1741:AQETCM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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