Poleward expansion of the hadley circulation in CMIP5 simulations

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 790-795

  Hu, Yongyun ^a   Tao, Lijun ^a   Liu, Jiping ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

CMIP5; global warming; Hadley circulation; increasing greenhouse gases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876437375     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-012-2187-4     Document Type: Article

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