Multiple equilibria of the hadley circulation in an intermediate-complexity axisymmetric model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1760-1778

  Bellon, Gilles ^a   Sobel, Adam H ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC HEATING; AXISYMMETRIC MODELS; CIRCULATION MODELS; CLIMATE MODEL; EXISTENCE AND STABILITY; HADLEY CELLS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; MIRROR IMAGES; MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIUM; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYMMETRIC EQUILIBRIUM; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE MODELS; FEEDBACK; MOISTURE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; HADLEY CELL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 77953720758     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3105.1     Document Type: Article

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