The impact of greenhouse gases on past changes in tropospheric ozone

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Lang, C ^a   Waugh, D W ^a   Olsen, M A ^b,c   Douglass, A R ^c   Liang, Q ^c,d   Nielsen, J E ^c,e   Oman, L D ^c   Pawson, S ^c   Stolarski, R S ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d University Space Research Associates   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; OZONE; OZONE LAYER;

CHEMICAL MECHANISM; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; EXTRATROPICS; GODDARD EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; TROPOSPHERIC O; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; VERTICAL VELOCITY; ZONAL VARIATIONS;

TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EOS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE; ZONE;

EID: 84871375690     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018293     Document Type: Article

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