The aqua-planet experiment (APE): Response to changed meridional SST profile

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 91, Issue 1 A, 2013, Pages 57-89

  Williamson, David L ^a   Blackburn, Michael ^b   Nakajima, Kensuke ^c   Ohfuchi, Wataru ^d   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki O ^e,f   Hayashi, Yoshi Yuki ^e,f   Nakamura, Hisashi ^g   Ishiwatari, Masaki ^h   McGregor, John L ⁱ   Borth, Hartmut ^j   Wirth, Volkmar ^k   Frank, Helmut ^l   Bechtold, Peter ^m   Wedi, Nils P ^m   Tomita, Hirofumi ⁿ   Satoh, Masaki ^o   Zhao, Ming ^p   Held, Isaac M ^p   Suarez, Max J ^q   Lee, Myong In ^r   Watanabe, Masahiro ^o   Kimoto, Masahide ^o   Liu, Yimin ^s   Wang, Zaizhi ^t   Molod, Andrea ^q   Rajendran, Kavirajan ^u   Kitoh, Akio ^v   Stratton, Rachel ^w   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Center for Planetary Science   (Japan)

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ CSIRO   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^k JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^m EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ RIKEN   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^p PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^s INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^t China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^u SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

^v METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^w MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Comparison of atmospheric general circulation models (GCMS); Hadley circulation; Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ); Precipitation; Sea surface temperature profile

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HADLEY CELL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84886797342     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-A03     Document Type: Article

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