Uncertainty in climate change projections of the hadley circulation: The role of internal variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7541-7554

  Kang, Sarah M ^a   Deser, Clara ^b   Polvani, Lorenzo M ^c,d  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Atmospheric circulation; Climate variability; Hadley circulation; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HADLEY CIRCULATION; TRENDS;

CLIMATE MODELS; TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HADLEY CELL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WINTER;

EID: 84884958700     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00788.1     Document Type: Article

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