Clear sky UV simulations for the 21st century based on ozone and temperature projections from Chemistry-Climate Models

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1165-1172

  Tourpali, K ^a   Bais, A F ^a   Kazantzidis, A ^a   Zerefos, C S ^b   Akiyoshi, H ^c   Austin, J ^d   Bruhl C ^e   Butchart, N ^f   Chipperfield, M P ^g   Dameris, M ^h   Deushi, M ⁱ   Eyring, V ^h   Giorgetta, M A ^j   Kinnison, D E ^k   Mancini, E ^l   Marsh, D R ^k   Nagashima, T ^c   Pitari, G ^l   Plummer, D A ^m   Rozanov, E ⁿ   Shibata, K ⁱ   Tian, W ^g   more..

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

ⁱ METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^m ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁿ ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 70349774427     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-1165-2009     Document Type: Article

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