Impact of middle-atmospheric composition changes on greenhouse cooling in the upper atmosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1879-1889

  Akmaev, R A ^a   Fomichev, V I ^b   Zhu, X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Greenhouse cooling; Mesosphere; Ozone depletion; Thermosphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GREENHOUSE COOLING; HYDROSTATIC CONTRACTION; MESOSPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION; THERMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COOLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MESOSPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION; THERMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33750967886     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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