Simulated anthropogenic changes in the Brewer-Dobson circulation, including its extension to high latitudes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1516-1540

  McLandress, Charles ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEANS; ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATIONS; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; DOWN-WELLING; HIGH-LATITUDES; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; LATITUDINAL STRUCTURES; LONG-TERM TRENDS; MASS FLUXES; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE MODELS; MODEL RESULTS; OROGRAPHIC GRAVITY WAVES; OZONE DEPLETIONS; PARAMETERIZED; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITIES; PLANETARY WAVES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL STRUCTURES; TRANSIENT SIMULATIONS; WAVE DRAGS;

DRAG; HEAT FLUX; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNWELLING; GRAVITY WAVE; LATITUDE; OZONE DEPLETION; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE FORCE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 64049096223     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2679.1     Document Type: Article

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