In:
Journal of Climate, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 27, No. 17 ( 2014-09-01), p. 6519-6525
Abstract:
An increase in the poleward heat or energy transport is often ascribed to a strengthening of the equator-to-pole gradient in temperature or in the top-of-the-atmosphere (TOA) net radiation. While this attribution conforms to the well-established flux–gradient relationship, a counterexample is shown here, demonstrating that a forced atmospheric circulation, triggered by enhanced convection over the western tropical Pacific warm pool and suppressed convection over the eastern tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, can cause the equator-to-pole gradient in the TOA net radiation to increase.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0894-8755
,
1520-0442
DOI:
10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00236.1
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Meteorological Society
Publication Date:
2014
detail.hit.zdb_id:
246750-1
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2021723-7
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