Multimodel climate and variability of the stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Butchart, N ^a   Charlton Perez, A J ^b   Cionni, I ^c   Hardiman, S C ^a   Haynes, P H ^d   Kruger K ^e   Kushner, P J ^f   Newman, P A ^g   Osprey, S M ^h   Perlwitz, J ⁱ   Sigmond, M ^f   Wang, L ^f   Akiyoshi, H ^j   Austin, J ^k   Bekki, S ^l   Baumgaertner, A ^m   Braesicke, P ^d   Brhl, C ^m   Chipperfield, M ⁿ   Dameris, M ^c   Dhomse, S ⁿ   Eyring, V ^c   Garcia, R ^o   Garny, H ^c   Jockel P ^m   Lamarque, J F ^o   Marchand, M ^l   Michou, M ^p   Morgenstern, O ^q   Nakamura, T ^j   Pawson, S ^g   Plummer, D ^r   Pyle, J ^d   Rozanov, E ^s   Scinocca, J ^t   Shepherd, T G ^f   Shibata, K ^u   Smale, D ^q   Teyssedre H ^p   Tian, W ⁿ   Waugh, D ^v   Yamashita, Y ^j   more..

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^k NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^l SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^o NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^p CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^r ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^s WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^t UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^u METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^v JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; QUALITY CONTROL; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL PROBLEMS; MULTI-MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; POLAR TEMPERATURE; POLAR VORTEX; POLAR-NIGHT JET; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC BIAS; WIDE SPREADS; ZONAL WIND;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; JET STREAM; LOW TEMPERATURE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; UPWELLING; VORTEX; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC;

EID: 79952483337     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014995     Document Type: Article

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