WACCM simulations of the mean circulation and trace species transport in the winter mesosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Smith, Anne K ^a   Garcia, Rolando R ^a   Marsh, Daniel R ^a   Richter, Jadwiga H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLES;

AIR MOTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMBINED EFFECT; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; DOWN-WELLING; EDDY DIFFUSIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH LATITUDES; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; POLAR REGIONS; TIME-SCALES; TRACE SPECIES; TRANSFORMED EULERIAN MEANS; UPWARD MOTION; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WAVE TRANSPORT; WINTER CIRCULATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE MODELING; DIFFUSION; EDDY; LATITUDE; MESOSPHERE; NITRIC OXIDE; THERMOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TRANSFORM; WAVE DIRECTION; WIND DIRECTION; WINTER;

EID: 80155144636     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016083     Document Type: Article

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