Fine-scale study of a thick stratospheric ozone lamina at the edge of the southern subtropical barrier: 2. Numerical simulations with coupled dynamics models

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Morel, Béatrice ^a   Bencherif, Hassan ^a   Keckhut, Philippe ^b   Portafaix, Thierry ^a   Hauchecorne, Alain ^b   Baldy, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 27144479545     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005737     Document Type: Review

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