Abrupt seasonal variation of the ITCZ and the Hadley circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Hu, Yongyun ^a   Li, Dawei ^a   Liu, Jiping ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS;

HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEASONAL MIGRATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

HADLEY CELL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 36549046069     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030950     Document Type: Article

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