Multimodel assessment of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Tropics and global trends

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Gettelman, A ^a   Hegglin, M I ^b   Son, S W ^c   Kim, J ^c   Fujiwara, M ^d   Birner, T ^e   Kremser, S ^f   Rex, M ^g   Anel J A ^h   Akiyoshi, H ⁱ   Austin, J ^j   Bekki, S ^k   Braesike, P ^l   Brhl, C ^m   Butchart, N ⁿ   Chipperfield, M ^o   Dameris, M ^p   Dhomse, S ^o   Garny, H ^p   Hardiman, S C ⁿ   Jockel P ^m   Kinnison, D E ^a   Lamarque, J F ^a   Mancini, E ^q   Marchand, M ^k   Michou, M ^r   Morgenstern, O ^s   Pawson, S ^t   Pitari, G ^q   Plummer, D ^u   Pyle, J A ^l   Rozanov, E ^v   Scinocca, J ^w   Shepherd, T G ^b   Shibata, K ^x   Smale, D ^s   Teyssdre, H ^r   Tian, W ^o   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k CNRS   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

ⁿ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^p GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^r CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^s National Institute for Water and Atmosphere   (New Zealand)

^t NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^u ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^v WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^w Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis   (Canada)

^x METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CLOUD FRACTION; COLD POINT; CONVECTIVE HEATING; COUPLED CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODEL; EXTRATROPICAL; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GLOBAL TRENDS; INVERSION LAYER; KEY PROCESS; LAGRANGIAN; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE; MULTI-MODEL; OZONE RECOVERY; OZONE TRENDS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; TRANSIT TIME; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMIDITY; INVERSION LAYER; MODEL TEST; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84867806014     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013638     Document Type: Article

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