Modeling evidence that ozone depletion has impacted extreme precipitation in the austral summer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4054-4059

  Kang, S M ^a   Polvani, L M ^b,c   Fyfe, J C ^d   Son, S W ^e   Sigmond, M ^d   Correa, G J P ^c  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dynamic origin; extreme precipitation; ozone depletion

Indexed keywords

DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; OZONE DEPLETION; SEASONAL MEAN PRECIPITATION; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION; SUBTROPICAL LATITUDES;

ATMOSPHERICS; OZONE LAYER;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LATITUDE; OZONE DEPLETION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84881272970     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50769     Document Type: Article

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