Depth of convection and the weakening of tropical circulation in Global Warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3019-3030

  Chou, Chia ^a   Chen, Chao An ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; FORCINGS; MEAN PRECIPITATION; NEW MECHANISMS;

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 77954358191     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3383.1     Document Type: Article

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