Hadley circulation response to orbital precession. part i: Aquaplanets

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 740-753

  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

Atmospheric circulation; Hadley circulation; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; LOWER BOUNDARY; NET RADIATION; ORBITAL PRECESSION; PALEOCLIMATES; SUMMER SOLSTICE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; HADLEY CELL; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 84874809635     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00716.1     Document Type: Article

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