Deconstructing the Hadley cell heat transport

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 677, 2013, Pages 2181-2189

  Heaviside, C ^a   Czaja, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Convection; Hadley cell; Heat transport; Moist static energy; Monsoon; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HADLEY CELLS; HEAT TRANSPORT; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; HADLEY CELL; HEAT TRANSFER; JET STREAM; MONSOON; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84890158078     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2085     Document Type: Article

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