Evaluation of the ACCESS - Chemistry-climate model for the Southern Hemisphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2401-2415

  Stone, Kane A ^a,b   Morgenstern, Olaf ^c   Karoly, David J ^a,b   Klekociuk, Andrew R ^d,e   French, W John ^d,e   Abraham, N Luke ^f   Schofield, Robyn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HINDCASTING; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84959543431     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-2401-2016     Document Type: Article

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