The tropical precipitation response to Andes topography and ocean heat fluxes in an aquaplanet model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 381-398

  Maroon, Elizabeth A ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^a   Battisti, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Energy budget balance; General circulation models; Intertropical convergence zone; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ENERGY BUDGET/BALANCE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

RAIN;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ANDES;

EID: 84920282135     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00188.1     Document Type: Article

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