Long-term changes in stratospheric age spectra in the 21st century in the Goddard earth observing system chemistry-climate model (GEOSCCM)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Li, Feng ^a,b   Waugh, Darryn W ^c   Douglass, Anne R ^b   Newman, Paul A ^b   Strahan, Susan E ^a,b   Ma, Jun ^d   Nielsen, J Eric ^b,e   Liang, Qing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

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EID: 84868383206     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017905     Document Type: Article

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