Forced annular variations in the 20th century Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Miller, R L ^a,b   Schmidt, G A ^a,c   Shindell, D T ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; SEA LEVEL; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 38549126648     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006323     Document Type: Article

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