Primary reasoning behind the double ITCZ phenomenon in a coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 857-867

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

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupled ocean atmosphere general circulation model; Double intertropical convergence zone; Heat budget; Sensitivity experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944239161     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02915588     Document Type: Article

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