Stratospheric O3 changes during 2001–2010: The small role of solar flux variations in a chemical transport model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10113-10123

  Dhomse, S S ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^a   Feng, W ^a   Ball, W T ^b   Unruh, Y C ^b   Haigh, J D ^b   Krivova, N A ^c   Solanki, S K ^c,d   Smith, A K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; IRRADIANCE; MESOSPHERE; OZONE; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84885709002     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10113-2013     Document Type: Article

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