A strategy for process-oriented validation of coupled chemistry-climate models

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1117-1133

  Eyring, Veronika ^a   Harris, N R P ^b   Rex, M ^c   Shepherd, T G ^d   Fahey, D W ^e   Amanatidis, G T ^f   Austin, J ^e   Chipperfield, M P ^g   Dameris, M ^a   Forster, P M De F ^h   Gettelman, A ⁱ   Graf, H F ^j   Nagashima, T ^k   Newman, P A ^l   Pawson, S ^l   Prather, M J ^m   Pyle, J A ^j   Salawitch, R J ⁿ   Santer, B D ^o   Waugh, D W ^p  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Europ Ozone Res Coordinating Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^l NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^o LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^p JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; PROCESS ORIENTED VALIDATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 23944519151     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-86-8-1117     Document Type: Article

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