A comparison of the Hadley circulation in modern reanalyses

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Stachnik, Justin P ^a   Schumacher, Courtney ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RESEARCH;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CLIMATE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERCOMPARISONS; POLEWARD SHIFT; REANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CELLS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HADLEY CELL; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 81755168278     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016677     Document Type: Article

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