Improved 11-year solar signal in the Freie Universität Berlin Climate Middle Atmosphere Model (FUB-CMAM)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Matthes, Katja ^a   Langematz, Ulrike ^a   Gray, Lesley L ^b   Kodera, Kunihiko ^c   Labitzke, Karin ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate modeling; Solar UV changes; Sun climate interactions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IRRADIANCE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 2642532017     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004012     Document Type: Article

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