Do planetary wave dynamics contribute to equable climates?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2391-2404

  Lee, Sukyoung ^a   Feldstein, Steven ^a   Pollard, David ^a   White, Tim ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; General circulation model; Planetary waves; Rossby waves; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; AVERAGE RATE; CENOZOIC; CONVECTIVE HEATING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEATING STRUCTURES; LOCALIZED HEATING; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; PLANETARY WAVE DYNAMICS; PLANETARY WAVES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; ROSSBY WAVE; SATURATION BEHAVIOR; SIBERIA; SURFACE WARMING; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TROPICAL CONVECTION; WAVE REFRACTION; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTIONS; ZONAL MEANS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT FLUX; LAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; WAVES;

HEATING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIXED LAYER; OVERTURN; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 79958163139     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3825.1     Document Type: Article

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