Chemistry-climate model simulations of twenty-first century stratospheric climate and circulation changes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5349-5374

  Butchart, Neal ^a   Cionni, I ^b   Eyring, V ^b   Shepherd, T G ^c   Waugh, D W ^d   Akiyoshi, H ^e   Austin, J ^f   Bruhl C ^g   Chipperfield, M P ^h   Cordero, E ⁱ   Dameris, M ^b   Deckert, R ^b   Dhomse, S ^h   Frith, S M ^j   Garcia, R R ^k   Gettelman, A ^k   Giorgetta, M A ^l   Kinnison, D E ^k   Li, F ^m   Mancini, E ⁿ   Mclandress, C ^c   Pawson, S ^o   Pitari, G ⁿ   Plummer, D A ^p   Rozanov, E ^q,r   Sassi, F ^s   Scinocca, J F ^t   Shibata, K ^u   Steil, B ^g   Tian, W ^h   more..

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^o NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^p ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^q WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^r ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^s Naval Research Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^u METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Chemistry; Climate models; Greenhouse gases; Ozone; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GREENHOUSE GASES; OZONE; RECOVERY; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; CIRCULATION CHANGES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; OROGRAPHIC GRAVITY WAVES; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; RADIATIVE COOLING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; GREENHOUSE GAS; JET; LOW TEMPERATURE; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING;

EID: 77951100073     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3404.1     Document Type: Article

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