Sensitivity of stratospheric dynamics to uncertainty in O3 production

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 8984-8999

  Hsu, Juno ^a   Prather, Michael J ^a   Bergmann, Dan ^b   Cameron Smith, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; OZONE; TROPICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; WAVE-MEAN-FLOW INTERACTION;

OZONE LAYER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; LATITUDE; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLAR VORTEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOPAUSE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885092795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50689     Document Type: Article

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