Has the Hadley cell been strengthening in recent decades?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Mitas, Christos M ^a   Clement, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

DATA SETS; HADLEY CELLS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTENSIFICATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HADLEY CELL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 17744400492     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021765     Document Type: Article

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