The atmospheric chemistry and climate model intercomparison Project (ACCMIP): Overview and description of models, simulations and climate diagnostics

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 179-206

  Lamarque, J F ^a   Shindell, D T ^b   Josse, B ^c   Young, P J ^d,e,u   Cionni, I ^f   Eyring, V ^g   Bergmann, D ^h   Cameron Smith, P ^h   Collins, W J ^i,v   Doherty, R ^j   Dalsoren, S ^k   Faluvegi, G ^b   Folberth, G ⁱ   Ghan, S J ^l   Horowitz, L W ^e   Lee, Y H ^b   MacKenzie, I A ^j   Nagashima, T ^m   Naik, V ^e   Plummer, D ⁿ   Righi, M ^g   Rumbold, S T ⁱ   Schulz, M ^o   Skeie, R B ^k   Stevenson, D S ^j   Strode, S ^p,q   Sudo, K ^m   Szopa, S ^r   Voulgarakis, A ^s   Zeng, G ^t   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f ENEA   (Italy)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^l PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^m JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁿ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^o NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^p NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^r LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^s IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^t NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^u LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE MODELING; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84873679101     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-179-2013     Document Type: Article

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