Vertical structure of convective heating and the three-dimensional structure of the forced circulation on an equatorial beta plane

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2169-2187

  Wu, Z ^a   Sarachik, E S ^a   Battisti, D S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLOUDS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS;

EQUATORIAL BETA PLANE; NEWTONIAN COOLING; RAYLEIGH FRICTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE FORCING; CONVECTION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; HEAT PRODUCTION;

EID: 0034233723     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2169:VSOCHA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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