Transport diagnostics of GCMs and implications for 2D chemistry-transport model of troposphere and stratosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 673-699

  Yudin, Valery A ^a   Smyshlyaev, Sergey P ^a,b   Geller, Marvin A ^a   Dvortsov, Victor L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; TWO DIMENSIONAL; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; ORTHOGONAL TRACERS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY METHODS; TRANSPORT DIAGNOSTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0034162540     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0673:TDOGAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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