Influences of the Indian summer monsoon on water vapor and ozone concentrations in the UTLS as simulated by chemistry-climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3525-3544

  Kunze, Markus ^a   Braesicke, Peter ^b   Langematz, Ulrike ^a   Stiller, Gabriele ^c   Bekki, Slimane ^d   Brühl, Christoph ^e   Chipperfield, Martyn ^f   Dameris, Martin ^g   Garcia, Rolando ^h   Giorgetta, Marco ⁱ  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER FOR PASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77955485927     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3280.1     Document Type: Article

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