Eddy-mediated regime transitions in the seasonal cycle of a hadley circulation and implications for monsoon dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 915-933

  Schneider, Tapio ^a   Bordoni, Simona ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WIND;

MONSOON DYNAMICS; SEASONAL CYCLE; ZONAL MOMENTUM EQUATION;

METEOROLOGY;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOMENTUM; MONSOON; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 43149126130     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2415.1     Document Type: Article

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