Global long-lived chemical modes excited in a 3-D chemistry transport model: Stratospheric N2O, NOy, O3 and CH 4 chemistry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Hsu, Juno ^a   Prather, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; DECAY TIME; E-FOLDING; EIGEN MODES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; PULSE EMISSIONS; RESPONSE PATTERNS; STRATOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 77950494022     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL042243     Document Type: Article

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