Relationship between the expansion of drylands and the intensification of Hadley circulation during the late twentieth century

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 117-128

  Shin, Sang Hye ^a   Chung, Il Ung ^b   Kim, Hyung Jin ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DESERTIFICATION; HADLEY CELL; STEPPE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84868619714     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-012-0220-x     Document Type: Article

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