General circulation model study on the green Sahara during the mid-Holocene: An impact of convection originating above boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Chikira, M ^a,b   Abe Ouchi, A ^a   Sumi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY LAYER; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 34250835254     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006398     Document Type: Article

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