Regime transitions of steady and time-dependent hadley circulations: Comparison of axisymmetric and eddy-permitting simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1643-1654

  Bordoni, Simona ^a,b   Schneider, Tapio ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; Forcing; Hadley circulation; Momentum; Seasonal effects

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; AXISYMMETRIC SIMULATION; DRY STATIC ENERGY; EDDIES; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; HADLEY CELLS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; MEAN FLOW; MOMENTUM BUDGET; MOMENTUM FLUX; REGIME TRANSITION; SEASONAL EFFECTS; STEADY-STATE RESPONSE; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL FORCING; TIME DEPENDENT SIMULATION; TIME-DEPENDENT; VERTICAL DIFFUSION; ZONAL WIND;

CLOUDS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEEDBACK; STATE FEEDBACK;

MOMENTUM;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; EQUATORIAL WAVE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION BUDGET; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77955577082     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3294.1     Document Type: Article

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