A CCM simulation of the breakup of the Antarctic polar vortex in the years 1980-2004 under the CCMVal scenarios

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Akiyoshi, H ^a   Zhou, L B ^a,b   Yamashita, Y ^a,c   Sakamoto, K ^a,d   Yoshiki, M ^a,e   Nagashima, T ^a,f   Takahashi, M ^c   Kurokawa, J ^a,g   Takigawa, M ^f   Imamura, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d All Nippon Airways Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^e NTT DATA Corporation   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; OZONE LAYER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTIC OZONE DEPLETIONS; ANTARCTIC POLAR VORTICES; BREAK-UP DATES; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATE SYSTEMS; DIABATIC HEATING; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUXES; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; INTERNAL VARIABILITIES; LOWER STRATOSPHERES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NCEP/NCAR; OZONE HOLES; OZONE LOSS; POLAR VORTICES; RE-ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCES; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETERS; TOTAL OZONES; WAVE FLUXES; ZONAL MEANS; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

OZONE;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR VORTEX; TOTAL OZONE; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 65249173981     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009261     Document Type: Article

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