Precessional cycles and their influence on the north pacific and north atlantic summer anticyclones

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4596-4611

  Mantsis, Damianos F ^a   Clement, Amy C ^a   Kirtman, Ben ^a   Broccoli, Anthony J ^b   Erb, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; COMBINED EFFECT; DIABATIC FORCING; DIABATIC HEATING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; SUMMER SOLSTICE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; DIABATIC PROCESS; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORBITAL FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

EID: 84880664044     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00343.1     Document Type: Article

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