Mechanisms of the tropical upwelling branch of the brewer-dobson circulation: The role of extratropical waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2878-2892

  Chen, Gang ^a   Sun, Lantao ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

General circulation models; Momentum; Numerical analysis modeling; Planetary waves; Transport; Upwelling downwelling

Indexed keywords

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; DOUBLE PEAK; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IDEALIZED MODELS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; RADIATIVE HEATING; SEASONAL CYCLE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBTROPICAL LATITUDES; SYMMETRIC MODEL; TOPOGRAPHIC FORCING; TRANSPORT; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING; WAVE FORCING; WAVE NUMBERS;

ATMOSPHERICS; MOMENTUM; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CIRCULATION MODELING; DOWNWELLING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; UPWELLING; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 84862909313     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-044.1     Document Type: Article

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