The relationship between ITCZ location and cross-equatorial atmospheric heat transport: From the seasonal cycle to the last glacial maximum

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3597-3618

  Donohoe, Aaron ^a   Marshall, John ^a   Ferreira, David ^a   Mcgee, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HEAT; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT TRANSFER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HADLEY CELL; HEAT TRANSFER; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MIXED LAYER; PALEOCLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84878989708     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00467.1     Document Type: Article

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