Increasing atmospheric poleward energy transport with global warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Hwang, Yen Ting ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; GLOBAL WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; ENERGY TRANSPORT; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; OCEAN HEAT UPTAKE; POLEWARD ENERGY TRANSPORT; RADIATION BUDGET; SURFACE ALBEDO;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING; RADIATION BUDGET;

EID: 78650875283     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045440     Document Type: Article

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