Abstract: The hypothesis is advanced that a latitudinal shift in the tropical convective heating pattern can significantly alter temperatures in the extratropics. Results of a simplified GCM show that the shift of a prescribed ...

Abstract: The parametric behavior of an axially symmetric circulation induced by heat and momentum sources is analyzed in the context of a simple Boussinesq model. Implications for the Venus atmosphere are examined in the light of ...

Abstract: Studies based on GCM ensemble forecasts have shown that an intensification of the cross-equatorial Hadley circulation associated with a latitudinal displacement of the zonally averaged convective heating in the Tropics can ...

Abstract: This study compares instantaneous rainfall estimates provided by the current generation of retrieval algorithms for passive microwave sensors using retrievals from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation ...

Abstract: The hypothesis that the cross-equatorial Hadley circulation can modulate the poleward heat transport in the winter extratropics is investigated using the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS-1) GCM for 10 northern winter ...

Abstract: high-resolution surface rainfall product is used to estimate rain characteristics over the continental United States as a function of rain intensity. By defining data at 4-km horizontal resolutions and 1-h temporal resolutions ...

Abstract: We have extended our previous calculations of zonally averaged temperature, circulation, and eddy source requirements for the Venus atmosphere to include the region from the surface to 95 km, using a Curtis matrix method ...

Abstract: We have examined an idealized, zonally averaged, nonlinear, ageostrophic circulation forced by differential heating and parameterized eddy mixing for a range of mixing values and boundary conditions. Using a simple ƒ-plane ...

Abstract: Consistent with observations, we find that moving peak heating even 2 degrees off the equator leads to profound asymmetries in the Hadley circulation, with the winter cell amplifying greatly and the summer cell becoming ...

Abstract: We consider the response of a zonally symmetric atmosphere to a thermal forcing that is localized in the subtropics. Specifically, the equilibrium temperature distribution has a local subtropical peak and is flat elsewhere, ...