Seasonal to multidecadal variability of the width of the tropical belt

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7773-7787

  Davis, N A ^a   Birner, T ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; general circulation; GPS radio occultation; Hadley circulation; reanalyses; tropical belt

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION; GPS RADIO OCCULTATIONS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; REANALYSES; TROPICAL BELT;

TROPICS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BELT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GPS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84882754217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50610     Document Type: Article

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