A nudged chemistry-climate model simulation of chemical constituent distribution at northern high-latitude stratosphere observed by SMILES and MLS during the 2009/2010 stratospheric sudden warming

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1361-1380

  Akiyoshi, H ^a   Nakamura, T ^a,b,c   Miyasaka, T ^d,e   Shiotani, M ^f   Suzuki, M ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^e ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELING; INSTRUMENTATION; LATITUDE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; OZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; WARMING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84959207011     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023334     Document Type: Article

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