A mechanism for future changes in Hadley circulation strength in CMIP5 climate change simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5251-5258

  Seo, Kyong Hwan ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^b   Son, Jun Hyeok ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CMIP5; future change; Hadley cell

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; FUTURE CHANGE; HADLEY CELLS; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84906355742     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060868     Document Type: Article

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