Development and evaluation of the unified tropospheric-stratospheric chemistry extension (UCX) for the global chemistry-transport model GEOS-Chem

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-63

  Eastham, Sebastian D ^a   Weisenstein, Debra K ^b   Barrett, Steven R H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GEOS Chem; Model development; Model validation; Ozone hole; Stratospheric chemistry

Indexed keywords

GEOS-CHEM; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; OZONE HOLE; STRATOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS; NASA; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS;

TROPOSPHERE;

BROMINE; HALOGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HALOGEN; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOSPHERE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; EVAPORATION; LATITUDE; LIQUID; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SEDIMENTATION; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84897626758     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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