Land-ocean warming contrast over a wide range of climates: Convective quasi-equilibrium theory and idealized simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4000-4016

  Byrne, Michael P ^a   O'Gorman, Paul A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Climate change; Convection; Soil moisture; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LARGE-SCALE EDDIES; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CONTRAST;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT CONVECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84880272345     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00262.1     Document Type: Article

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