Changes in the strength of the Brewer-Dobson circulation in a simple AGCM

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Eichelberger, Scott J ^a   Hartmann, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERIC WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 25844442272     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022924     Document Type: Article

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