Idealized annually averaged macroturbulent hadley circulation in a shallow-water model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 284-302

  Adam, Ori ^a   Harnik, Nili ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC DAMPING; DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; QUALITATIVE PREDICTIONS; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SEMIANALYTIC SOLUTIONS; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; VERTICAL ADVECTION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DAMPING;

EDDY; HADLEY CELL; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY NUMBER; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

EID: 84871905215     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-072.1     Document Type: Article

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