Mean climate and variability of the atmosphere and ocean on an aquaplanet

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4270-4286

  Marshall, John ^a   Ferreira, David ^a   Campin, J M ^a   Enderton, Daniel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT TRANSFER; JETS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TROPICS;

AQUAPLANET; ATMOSPHERIC JETS; ZONAL JETS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT TRANSFER; JETS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TROPICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 38349153916     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2226.1     Document Type: Article

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