Tropical convective transport and the Walker circulation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 9791-9797

  Hosking, J S ^a,b   Russo, M R ^a   Braesicke, P ^a   Pyle, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOPAUSE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

EID: 84869015901     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-9791-2012     Document Type: Article

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