Why CO2 cools the middle atmosphere-a consolidating model perspective

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 697-715

  Goessling, Helge F ^a   Bathiany, Sebastian ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COOLING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL WARMING; IONOSPHERE; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BLOCKING PHENOMENON; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PHYSICAL ESSENCES; RADIATION MODELING; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION;

EID: 84984924303     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-7-697-2016     Document Type: Article

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