Solar response in tropical stratospheric ozone: A 3-D chemical transport model study using ERA reanalyses

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 12773-12786

  Dhomse, S ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^a   Feng, W ^a   Haigh, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84855488655     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12773-2011     Document Type: Article

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