Using transport diagnostics to understand chemistry climate model ozone simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Strahan, S E ^a,b   Douglass, A R ^b   Stolarski, R S ^b   Akiyoshi, H ^c   Bekki, S ^d   Braesicke, P ^e   Butchart, N ^f   Chipperfield, M P ^g   Cugnet, D ^d   Dhomse, S ^g   Frith, S M ^h   Gettelman, A ⁱ   Hardiman, S C ^f   Kinnison, D E ⁱ   Lamarque, J F ⁱ   Mancini, E ^j   Marchand, M ^d   Michou, M ^k   Morgenstern, O ^l   Nakamura, T ^c   Olivie D ^m   Pawson, S ^b   Pitari, G ^j   Plummer, D A ⁿ   Pyle, J A ^e   Scinocca, J F ⁿ   Shepherd, T G ^o   Shibata, K ^p   Smale, D ^l   Teyssedre H ^k   Tian, W ^g   Yamashita, Y ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^k CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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

^m UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁿ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^p JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; OZONE; VORTEX FLOW;

CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; COLUMN OZONE; CURRENT RANGE; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MEAN AGES; OZONE PREDICTION; PROCESS-ORIENTED; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORT PROBLEMS; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 80052784494     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015360     Document Type: Article

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