Observational evidence for poleward expansion of the Hadley circulation

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-44

  Hu, Yongyun ^a   Zhou, Chen ^a   Liu, Jiping ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; Hadley circulation; outgoing longwave radiation; precipitation; sea level pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650675347     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0032-1     Document Type: Article

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