Separating the dynamical effects of climate change and ozone depletion. Part I: Southern hemisphere stratosphere

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5002-5020

  McLandress, Charles ^a   Jonsson, Andreas I ^a   Plummer, David A ^b   Reader, M Catherine ^c   Scinocca, John F ^b   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVITY; DOWN-WELLING; DYNAMICAL EFFECTS; FORCINGS; MASS FLUX; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE MODEL; OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES; OZONE DEPLETION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEPARATE EFFECTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WAVE DRAGS; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

DRAG; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT FLUX; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; DOWNWELLING; GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE DEPLETION; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77952006043     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3586.1     Document Type: Article

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