Energetic constraints on the width of the intertropical convergence zone

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 4709-4721

  Byrne, Michael P ^a   Schneider, Tapio ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Circulation dynamics; Climate change; Climate models; Energy budget balance; Geographic location entity; Hadley circulation; Intertropical convergence zone; Models and modeling; Physical meteorology and climatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENERGY BUDGET/BALANCE; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; HADLEY CELL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84977487007     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0767.1     Document Type: Article

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