A large ozone-circulation feedback and its implications for global warming assessments

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-45

  Nowack, Peer J ^a   Luke Abraham, N ^a,b   Maycock, Amanda C ^a,b   Braesicke, Peter ^a,b,e   Gregory, Jonathan M ^b,c,d   Joshi, Manoj M ^b,c,f   Osprey, Annette ^b,c   Pyle, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Atmospheric Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 84921802406     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2451     Document Type: Article

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