Diagnostic tools for evaluating quasi-horizontal transport in global-scale chemistry models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Huikyo ^a,b   Youn, Daeok ^c   Patten, Kenneth O ^a   Olsen, Seth C ^a   Wuebbles, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; OZONE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TROPICS;

AIR INTRUSION; CHEMICAL TRACERS; CHEMISTRY MODELS; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HELLINGER DISTANCE; ISOBARIC SURFACES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIDLATITUDES; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STATIC STABILITY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; GLOBAL CHANGE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; PROBABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 84867212724     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017644     Document Type: Article

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