Formation and variability of a northerly ITCZ in a hybrid coupled AGCM: Continental forcing and oceanic-atmospheric feedback

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1262-1276

  Xie, S P ^a   Saito, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; EQUATOR; FORCING; MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONCEPTS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; SEA LEVEL; WAVE EFFECTS;

LINEAR WAVE DYNAMICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE;

EID: 0035869792     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<1262:FAVOAN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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