Response of the Hadley circulation to climate change in an aquaplanet GCM coupled to a simple representation of ocean heat transport

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 769-783

  Levine, Xavier J ^a   Schneider, Tapio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate change; Energy transport; General circulation models; Hadley circulation

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM FLUX; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE WARMS; COLDER CLIMATE; DYNAMICAL REGIME; EDDY MOMENTUM FLUX; ENERGY TRANSPORT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; LONG WAVES; MIDLATITUDES; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; OPTICAL THICKNESS; POSSIBLE FUTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TRANSFER; MOMENTUM; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; HADLEY CELL; HEAT TRANSFER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WIND STRESS;

EID: 79954993051     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3553.1     Document Type: Article

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