A chemistry-climate model study of past changes in the Brewer-Dobson circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 6742-6757

  Oberländer Hayn, Sophie ^a   Meul, Stefanie ^a   Langematz, Ulrike ^a   Abalichin, Janna ^a   Haenel, Florian ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; GREENHOUSE GAS; MESOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION; PALEOCLIMATE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84939261580     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022843     Document Type: Article

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