The global atmospheric circulation in moist isentropic coordinates

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3077-3093

  Pauluis, Olivier ^a   Czaja, Arnaud ^b   Korty, Robert ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AVERAGING METHOD; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; EARTH'S SURFACE; ENTROPY TRANSPORT; GLOBAL CIRCULATION; HADLEY CIRCULATION; HIGHER LATITUDES; ISENTROPES; ISENTROPIC; ISENTROPIC SURFACES; LIQUID WATER; MASS TRANSPORT; MIDLATITUDES; MOIST AIR; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; REANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; TOTAL MASS; TROPICAL REGIONS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY; CURING; ENTROPY; HEATING; MASS TRANSFER; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ENERGY FLUX; ENTROPY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HADLEY CELL; HEATING; MASS TRANSPORT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE FLUX; OVERTURN; STORM TRACK; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77954352220     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2789.1     Document Type: Article

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