Dynamical amplification of the stratospheric solar response simulated with the Chemistry-Climate Model LMDz-Reprobus

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 75-76, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-160

  Marchand, M ^a,b,c   Keckhut, P ^a,b,c   Lefebvre, S ^a,b,c   Claud, C ^d   Cugnet, D ^a,b,c   Hauchecorne, A ^a,b,c   Lefevre F ^a,b,c   Lefebvre, M P ^e   Jumelet, J ^a,b,c   Lott, F ^e   Hourdin, F ^e   Thuillier, G ^a,b,c   Poulain, V ^a,b,c   Bossay, S ^a,b,c   Lemennais, P ^a,b,c   David, C ^a,b,c   Bekki, S ^a,b,c  

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

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemistry Climate Model; Dynamics; Solar; SSW; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; HIGH LATITUDES; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL RESULTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SOLAR; SOLAR MAXIMA; SOLAR MINIMA; SOLAR SIGNALS; SSW; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TIME-SCALES; WAVE-MEAN-FLOW INTERACTION; WIND RESPONSE; ZONAL WIND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; SOLAR ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84856161839     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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