Observing interannual variations in hadley circulation atmospheric diabatic heating and circulation strength

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4139-4158

  Loeb, Norman G ^a   Rutan, David A ^b   Kato, Seiji ^a   Wang, Weijie ^b,c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; KINETICS; SATELLITES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CIRCULATION CHANGES; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; DIRECT CALCULATION; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRENGTH VARIABILITY; SURFACE RADIATIVE FLUX;

HEATING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DIABATIC PROCESS; HADLEY CELL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84901845104     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00656.1     Document Type: Article

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