A one and half year interactive MA/ECHAM4 simulation of Mount Pinatubo Aerosol

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D8, 1999, Pages 9337-9359

  Timmreck, Claudia ^a   Graf, Hans F ^a   Kirchner, Ingo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE; MODELING; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0033608894     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900088     Document Type: Article

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