Idealized simulations of the intertropical convergence zone and its multilevel flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4028-4053

  Nolan, David S ^a   Powell, Scott W ^a,b   Zhang, Chidong ^a   Mapes, Brian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Intertropical convergence zone; Pacific Ocean; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; DIABATIC HEATING; DYNAMIC INSTABILITY; EASTERN PACIFIC; EDDY FLUXES; INTEGRATED TRANSPORT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; KELVIN WAVES; LARGE COMPONENTS; LONG LASTING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODEL; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; MULTILEVEL FLOWS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RETURN FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-BREEZE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL MOTIONS; WATER TRANSPORT; ZERO GRADIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; KELVIN WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA BREEZE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78651067684     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3417.1     Document Type: Article

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