The first simulation of an ozone QBO in a general circulation model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3131-3134

  Nagashima, Tatsuya ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^a   Hasebe, Fumio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SIMULATION; CLIMATE MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

STRATOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE;

OZONE LAYER;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OZONE;

EID: 0032529786     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02213     Document Type: Article

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