Numerical simulation of the dynamical response of the Arctic vortex to aerosol-associated chemical perturbations in the lower stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1525-1528

  Zhao, Xuepeng ^a   Turco, Richard P ^a   Kao, C Y Jim ^b   Elliott, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; RADIATION EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; VORTEX FLOW;

CHEMICAL PERTURBATIONS; DYNAMICAL RESPONSE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; RADIATION DYNAMICS; STRATOSPHERIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

VORTEX FLOW; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL ASSOCIATED CHEMICAL PERTURBATIONS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL; GCM; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0030158818     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01072     Document Type: Article

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