Sensitivity of global tropical climate to land surface processes: Mean state and interannual variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1818-1837

  Ma, Hsi Yen ^a   Xiao, Heng ^b   Mechoso, C Roberto ^c   Xue, Yongkang ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Convection; ENSO; Land surface model; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ENSO; LAND SURFACE MODELS; SEASONAL CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND SURFACE; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84874808179     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00142.1     Document Type: Article

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