Evaluation of cloud convection and tracer transport in a three-dimensional chemical transport model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5783-5803

  Feng, W ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^a   Dhomse, S ^a   Monge Sanz, B M ^a   Yang, X ^b   Zhang, K ^c   Ramonet, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; METEOROLOGY; RADON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE; UPDRAFT; WIND FORCING;

EID: 79959524865     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-5783-2011     Document Type: Article

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