Sensitivity of chemical tracers to meteorological parameters in the MOZART-3 chemical transport model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Kinnison, D E ^a   Brasseur, G P ^a   Walters, S ^a   Garcia, R R ^a   Marsh, D R ^a   Sassi, F ^a   Harvey, V L ^b   Randall, C E ^b   Emmons, L ^a   Lamarque, J F ^a   Hess, P ^a   Orlando, J J ^a   Tie, X X ^a   Randel, W ^a   Pan, L L ^a   Gettelman, A ^a   Granier, C ^c,d   Diehl, T ^e,h   Niemeier, U ^f   Simmons, A J ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OZONE; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MODELING; OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER;

EID: 37349088084     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007879     Document Type: Article

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