The spatial structure of the annual cycle in surface temperature: Amplitude, phase, and lagrangian history

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 7852-7862

  Mckinnon, Karen A ^a   Stine, Alexander R ^a   Huybers, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGICAL ANNUAL CYCLE; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; SIMPLE PHYSICAL MODELS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRAJECTORY MODELING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885332939     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00021.1     Document Type: Article

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