The global impact of supersaturation in a coupled chemistry-climate model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1629-1643

  Gettelman, A ^a   Kinnison, D E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONDENSATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ICE; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE; SUPERSATURATION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33947664887     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-1629-2007     Document Type: Article

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