The relationship between the ITCZ and the Southern Hemispheric eddy-driven jet

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5136-5146

  Ceppi, Paulo ^a   Hwang, Yen Ting ^a   Liu, Xiaojuan ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^a   Hartmann, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hadley cells; ITCZ; Jet streams; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EDDY MOMENTUM FLUX; HADLEY CELLS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ITCZ; JET STREAMS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; TELECONNECTIONS; THERMAL FORCING;

TROPICS;

CLIMATE FORCING; COOLING; EDDY; HADLEY CELL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET STREAM; MOMENTUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; WESTERLY;

EID: 84880301048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50461     Document Type: Article

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