The importance of the montreal protocol in mitigating the potential intensity of tropical cyclones

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2275-2289

  Polvani, Lorenzo M ^a   Camargo, Suzana J ^a   Garcia, Rolando R ^b  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Chemistry, atmospheric; Circulation dynamics; Climate prediction; General circulation models; Hurricanes; Models and modeling; Ozone; Physical Meteorology and Climatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SEA ICE; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LOWER STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STRATOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; WHOLE ATMOSPHERE COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS;

HURRICANES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; OZONE DEPLETION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84962327669     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0232.1     Document Type: Article

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