The response of large-scale circulation to obliquity-induced changes in meridional heating gradients

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5504-5516

  Mantsis, Damianos F ^a   Lintner, Benjamin R ^a   Broccoli, Anthony J ^a   Erb, Michael P ^a   Clement, Amy C ^b   Park, Hyo Seok ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hadley circulation; Meridional overturning circulation; Streamfunction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER;

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INSOLATION GRADIENTS; ISENTROPIC SURFACES; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; STREAMFUNCTIONS;

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EDDY; ENTROPY; HADLEY CELL; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 84904488724     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00526.1     Document Type: Article

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