Understanding differences in chemistry climate model projections of stratospheric ozone

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4922-4939

  Douglass, A R ^a   Strahan, S E ^b   Oman, L D ^a   Stolarski, R S ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHLORINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LINEAR REGRESSION; OZONE LAYER;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; BREWER-DOBSON CIRCULATION; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; RESERVOIR DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

OZONE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84900555871     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021159     Document Type: Article

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