Net influence of an internally generated quasi-biennial oscillation on modelled stratospheric climate and chemistry

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 12187-12197

  Hurwitz, M M ^a,b   Oman, L D ^b   Newman, P A ^b   Song, I S ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EOS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXING; OZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84927640318     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-12187-2013     Document Type: Article

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