Middle atmosphere response to different descriptions of the 11-yr solar cycle in spectral irradiance in a chemistry-climate model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 5937-5948

  Swartz, W H ^a   Stolarski, R S ^b,c   Oman, L D ^c   Fleming, E L ^c,d   Jackman, C H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; EOS; IRRADIANCE; MESOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84863897415     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5937-2012     Document Type: Article

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