Long-term changes and variability in a transient simulation with a chemistry-climate model employing realistic forcing

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2121-2145

  Dameris, Martin ^a   Grewe, V ^a   Ponater, M ^a   Deckert, R ^a   Eyring, V ^a   Mager, F ^a,b   Matthes, S ^a   Schnadt, C ^a,c   Stenke, A ^a   Steil, B ^d   Bruhl C ^d   Giorgetta, M A ^e  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 21244478705     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-2121-2005     Document Type: Review

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