The impact of low-level cloud over the Eastern Subtropical Pacific on the "Double ITCZ" in LASG FGCM-0

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 461-474

  Dai, Fushan ^a,b   Yu, Rucong ^a   Zhang, Xuehong ^a   Yu, Yongqiang ^a   Li, Jianglong ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Applied Meteorolog   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Coupled model; Double ITCZ; Low level cloud

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLOUD COVER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142156174     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02690804     Document Type: Article

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