Simulation of the impact of thunderstorm activity on atmospheric gas composition

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-467

  Smyshlyaev, S P ^a   Mareev, E A ^b   Galin, V Ya ^c  

^a RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

atmospheric composition; modeling; stratosphere; thunderstorm; thunderstorm activity; troposphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATOSPHERE; THUNDERSTORM; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 77956285239     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001433810040043     Document Type: Article

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