Observed poleward expansion of the Hadley circulation since 1979

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5229-5236

  Hu, Y ^a   Fu, Q ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HADLEY CELL; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 35148885585     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-5229-2007     Document Type: Article

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