On the determination of age of air trends from atmospheric trace species

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-154

  Garcia, Rolando R ^a   Randel, William J ^a   Kinnison, Douglas E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Carbon dioxide; Numerical analysis mideling; Tracers; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGE OF AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE SPECIES; CHEMICAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; ERROR BARS; GLOBAL TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MODELING RESULTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NONLINEAR GROWTH RATES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MIDELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; TRACERS; TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRACER;

EID: 79251474359     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3527.1     Document Type: Article

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