The role of the ocean in the seasonal cycle of the Hadley circulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3351-3365

  Clement, Amy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

HADLEY CIRCULATION; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; HADLEY CELL; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 33846147331     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3811.1     Document Type: Article

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