The roles of the Hadley circulation and downward control in tropical upwelling

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2740-2757

  Zhou, Tiehan ^a   Geller, Marvin A ^a   Hamilton, Kevin ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

EXTRATROPICAL WAVE DRIVING; HADLEY CIRCULATION; TROPICAL UPWELLING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SUMMER; UPWELLING;

EID: 33845273102     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3770.1     Document Type: Article

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