Explicit simulations of the intertropical convergence zone

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 458-473

  Liu, Changhai ^a   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

EXPLICIT SIMULATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ);

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CONVECTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 1842811054     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0458:ESOTIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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