Sensitivities and mechanisms of the zonal mean atmospheric circulation response to tropical warming

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2487-2504

  Sun, Lantao ^a,b   Chen, Gang ^a   Lu, Jian ^c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CIRCULATION CHANGES; DYNAMICAL RESPONSE; EQUATORWARD SHIFT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPICAL TEMPERATURES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; NICKEL; TROPOSPHERE;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MOTION; EL NINO; GLOBAL WARMING; HADLEY CELL; JET FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 84883786151     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0298.1     Document Type: Article

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