Sensitivity of ITCZ configuration to cumulus convective parameterizations on an aqua planet

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-240

  Liu, Yimin ^a   Guo, Liang ^a,b   Wu, Guoxiong ^a   Wang, Zaizhi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Aqua planet experiment; CISK; Double ITCZ; Evaporation wind feedback; Parameterization of cumulus convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77949270319     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0652-2     Document Type: Article

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