Comparison of CMAM simulations of carbon monoxide (CO), nitrous oxide (N2O), and methane (CH4) with observations from Odin/SMR, ACE-FTS, and Aura/MLS

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3233-3252

  Jin, J J ^a   Semeniuk, K ^a   Beagley, S R ^a   Fomichev, V I ^a   Jonsson, A I ^b   McConnell, J C ^a   Urban, J ^c   Murtagh, D ^c   Manney, G L ^d,e   Boone, C D ^f   Bernath, P F ^f,g   Walker, K A ^b,f   Barret, B ^h   Ricaud, P ^h   Dupuy, E ^f  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; METHANE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NITROUS OXIDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 70450256469     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-3233-2009     Document Type: Article

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