Stratospheric and tropospheric response to enhanced solar UV radiation: A model study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Tourpali, K ^a   Schuurmans, C J E ^a   van Dorland, R ^b   Steil, B ^c   Bruhl C ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; 11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE;

SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE FORCING; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0041699835     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016650     Document Type: Article

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