Global chemistry simulations in the amma multimodel intercomparison project

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 611-624

  Williams, Jason Edward ^a   Scheele, Rinus ^a   Van Velthoven, Peter ^a   Bouarar, Idir ^b   Law, Kathy ^b   Josse, Béatrice ^c   Peuch, Vincent Henri ^c   Yang, Xin ^d   Pyle, John ^d   Thouret, Valérie ^e   Barret, Brice ^e   Liousse, Cathy ^e   Hourdin, Frédéric ^f   Szopa, Sophie ^g   Cozic, Anne ^g  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE MIXING; CHEMISTRY SIMULATIONS; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INTERCOMPARISONS; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; MULTI-MODEL; PASSIVE TRACERS; STRONG CORRELATION; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77950183413     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2818.1     Document Type: Article

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