Impact of molecular diffusion on the CO2 distribution and the temperature in the mesosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  Chabrillat, Simon ^a   Kockarts, Gaston ^a   Fonteyn, Dominique ^a   Brasseur, Guy ^b  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION IN GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; BUDGET CONTROL; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; IONOSPHERE;

MESOSPHERES; DIMENSIONAL MODEL; DYNAMICAL MODEL; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY BUDGET; MESOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036705367     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015309     Document Type: Article

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