Moist hadley circulation: Possible role of wave-convection coupling in aquaplanet experiments

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 891-907

  Horinouchi, Takeshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hadley circulation

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM BUDGET; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BROADER IMPACTS; CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NUMERICAL MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS; TRANSIENT DISTURBANCES; TROPICAL CLIMATES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; TUNABLE PARAMETER;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

TROPICS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULUS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84858219282     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0149.1     Document Type: Article

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