Hadley circulation response to orbital precession. part ii: Subtropical continent

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 754-771

  Merlis, Timothy M ^a   Schneider, Tapio ^b   Bordoni, Simona ^b   Eisenman, Ian ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Hadley circulation; Intertropical convergence zone; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CIRCULATION BOUNDARIES; EXTRATROPICAL; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MOMENTUM FLUX; ORBITAL PRECESSION; PALEOCLIMATES; POLEWARD SHIFT; RADIATIVE PERTURBATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUBTROPICAL LATITUDES; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ENERGY FLUX; HADLEY CELL; HEAT CAPACITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE;

EID: 84874792999     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00149.1     Document Type: Article

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