Transient climate change simulations with a coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM including the tropospheric sulfur cycle

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3004-3032

  Roeckner, E ^a   Bengtsson, L ^a   Feichter, J ^a   Lelieveld, J ^b   Rodhe, H ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OZONE LAYER; SULFUR; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE PERTURBATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SULFUR CYCLE;

EID: 0033208511     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3004:TCCSWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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