The mean-meridional transport circulation of the troposphere in an idealized GCM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1502-1514

  Bowman, Kenneth P ^a   Carrie, Gordon D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM);

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREEN FUNCTION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0036271897     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1502:TMMTCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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