Stratospheric ozone response to sulfate geoengineering: Results from the geoengineering model intercomparison project (GeoMip)

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2629-2653

  Pitari, Giovanni ^a   Aquila, Valentina ^b   Kravitz, Ben ^c   Robock, Alan ^d   Watanabe, Shingo ^e   Cionni, Irene ^f   Luca, Nataliade ^a   Genova, Glaucodi ^a   Mancini, Eva ^a   Tilmes, Simone ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f ENEA   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; EXPERIMENTS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER;

COUPLED CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOENGINEERING; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; MOUNT PINATUBO ERUPTION;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CHLORITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; TROPOPAUSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; LUZON; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 84897581467     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020566     Document Type: Article

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