Coupling of latent heat flux and the greenhouse effect by large-scale tropical/subtropical dynamics diagnosed in a set of observations and model simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 203-222

  Gershunov, A ^a   Roca, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2142657431     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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