Response of the middle atmosphere to anthropogenic and natural forcings in the CMIP5 simulations with the Max Planck Institute Earth system model

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-116

  Schmidt, H ^a   Rast, S ^a   Bunzel, F ^a   Esch, M ^a   Giorgetta, M ^a   Kinne, S ^a   Krismer, T ^a   Stenchikov, G ^b   Timmreck, C ^a   Tomassini, L ^a   Walz, M ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMIP5; middle atmosphere; natural and anthropogenic forcings

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; FORCINGS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84876736805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jame.20014     Document Type: Article

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