The strength of the Brewer-Dobson circulation in a changing climate: Coupled chemistry-climate model simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-57

  Li, Feng ^a,c   Austin, John ^b   Wilson, John ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CLIMATE SIMULATION; MULTIDECADAL SIMULATION; PLANETARY WAVE FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GRAVITY WAVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; OZONE DEPLETION; PLANETARY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 40849106801     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1663.1     Document Type: Article

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