The ocean's role in setting the mean position of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 1967-1979

  Marshall, J ^a   Donohoe, A ^a   Ferreira, D ^a   McGee, D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Heat transport; ITCZ; Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84897570380     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1767-z     Document Type: Article

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