Regional changes in the annual mean hadley circulation in recent decades

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7815-7832

  Chen, Shangfeng ^a,b   Wei, Ke ^a   Chen, Wen ^a   Song, Linye ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; HADLEY CELL; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84925424694     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021540     Document Type: Article

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