Tropical climate regimes and global climate sensitivity in a simple setting

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1226-1240

  Barsugli, Joseph ^a   Shin, Sang Ik ^a   Sardeshmukh, Prashant D ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (AGCM); CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; WATER VAPORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 18544388942     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3404.1     Document Type: Article

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