The interannual variability of tropical precipitation and interhemispheric energy transport

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3377-3392

  Donohoe, Aaron ^a   Marshall, John ^a   Ferreira, David ^a,b   Armour, Kyle ^a   Mcgee, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ENERGY BUDGET; HADLEY CELL; HEAT FLUX; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84899104696     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00499.1     Document Type: Article

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