The role of cloud radiative heating in determining the location of the ITCZ in aquaplanet simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2741-2763

  Harrop, Bryce E ^a   Hartmann, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CAPE; Circulation dynamics; Cloud radiative effects; Clouds; General circulation models; Hadley circulation; Models and modeling; Physical meteorology and climatology

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; HEAT RADIATION; HEATING; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIANT HEATING;

CAPE; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; CLOUD-RADIATION INTERACTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; HEATING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 84964804762     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0521.1     Document Type: Article

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