Link between the double-intertropical convergence zone problem and cloud biases over the southern ocean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4935-4940

  Hwang, Yen Ting ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric energy transport; Cloud radiative forcing; General circulation; Model biases; Tropical precipitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIMULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84875550988     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213302110     Document Type: Article

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