Isolating the roles of different forcing agents in global stratospheric temperature changes using model integrations with incrementally added single forcings

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 8067-8082

  Aquila, V ^a,b,c   Swartz, W H ^d   Waugh, D W ^b   Colarco, P R ^c   Pawson, S ^c   Polvani, L M ^e   Stolarski, R S ^b  

^a Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Columbia   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; EOS; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; OZONE DEPLETION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL LUZON; CHIAPAS; EL CHICHON; LUZON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; ZAMBALES;

EID: 84978289462     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023841     Document Type: Article

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