Sensitivity of ozone and temperature to vertical resolution in a GCM with coupled stratospheric chemistry

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 541, 1997, Pages 1405-1431

  Austin, John ^a   Butchart, Neal ^a   Swinbank, Richard ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General circulation model; Middle atmosphere; Photochemistry; Polar stratospheric clouds; Vertical resolution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GCM; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0031417237     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54112     Document Type: Article

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