A simple model of a convectively coupled walker circulation using the weak temperature gradient approximation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 2907-2920

  Bretherton, Christopher S ^a   Sobel, Adam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COOLING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; TROPOSPHERE;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WALKER CIRCULATION;

EID: 0037109271     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2907:ASMOAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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