Sensitivity of the climate response to the altitude of black carbon in the Northern subtropics in an aquaplanet GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 6351-6359

  Kim, Hanjun ^a   Kang, Sarah M ^a   Hwang, Yen Ting ^b   Yang, Young Min ^c  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Cloud cover; Cloud forcing; Hadley circulation; Hydrologic cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD FORCING; HADLEY CIRCULATION; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; HADLEY CELL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MIXED LAYER; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 84942848261     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0037.1     Document Type: Article

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