Impact of antarctic ozone depletion and recovery on Southern hemisphere precipitation, evaporation, and extreme changes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3145-3154

  Purich, Ariaan ^a   Son, Seok Woo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Atmospheric circulation; Extreme events; Hydrologic cycle; Stratophere troposphere coupling; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTREME EVENTS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RECOVERY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EVAPORATION; EXTREME EVENT; OZONE DEPLETION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862099414     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00383.1     Document Type: Article

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