The 1986-1989 ENSO cycle in a chemical climate model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4669-4685

  Bronnimann S ^a   Schraner, M ^a   Muller B ^a   Fischer, A ^a   Brunner, D ^a   Rozanov, E ^a,b   Egorova, T ^b  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b PMOD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 33750144334     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-4669-2006     Document Type: Article

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