Mechanisms of global warming impacts on robustness of tropical precipitation asymmetry

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5585-5602

  Tan, Pei Hua ^a   Chou, Chia ^b,c   Tu, Jien Yi ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW; VAPORS;

ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; ASYMMETRIC FEATURES; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BOREAL SUMMERS; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; CONVECTION ZONES; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS; HADLEY CIRCULATIONS; LOWER TROPOSPHERES; MOISTURE ADVECTIONS; MOISTURE CONVERGENCES; MULTIMODEL ENSEMBLES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN CLIMATE MODELS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SEASONAL MIGRATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; TEMPERATURE RISES; TROPICAL PRECIPITATIONS; WET AND DRY SEASONS;

WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HADLEY CELL; MOISTURE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 56349134033     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2154.1     Document Type: Article

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