Solar cycle modulation of the Arctic Oscillation in a chemistry-climate model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

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

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODEL; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT VARIATIONS; SOLAR CYCLE MODULATION; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE FORCING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SOLAR CYCLE;

EID: 27544486749     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023509     Document Type: Article

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