A new geoengineering model intercomparison project (GeoMIP) experiment designed for climate and chemistry models

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-49

  Tilmes, S ^a   Mills, M J ^a   Niemeier, U ^b   Schmidt, H ^b   Robock, A ^c   Kravitz, B ^d   Lamarque, J F ^a   Pitari, G ^e   English, J M ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84921340434     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-43-2015     Document Type: Article

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